Some somatotype components in very old age

Velisav, Todorov, Silvija, Maksimova

Glasnik Antropološkog društva Jugoslavije

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1998-2021/11/03/12:18:10

195 people from the whole country have been researched for some somatotype components (78 men and 117 women). The middle age of the studied persons is 91,81+-2,45 years for males and 91,38+-8,79 for females. The next somatometric indexes are investigated: stature, weight, BMI (body mass index) subscapular and triceps skinfold (in mm and corrected by A. Edwards et al. 1955). Skinfolds are researched separately in persons with obesity and normal weight too. Both skinfolds in women are nearly about 10 mm whole group. They are similar in people with obesity or with normal weight too. The subscapular skinfold in men is significantly higher than triceps one (16,16+-4,81 mm to 9,12+-3,29 mm; p<0,001). There is such tendency for two subgroups too (with obesitas and normal weight). There aren't any differences in stature for both sexes and weight for women while men with normal BMI have significant higher middle age then those with obesity (92,14+-2,76 to 90,95+-1,00 years; p<0,05). The sme BMI correlates positively with significantly results of the both skinfolds (p<0,001).