AAS ›› 2014, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (6): 855-860.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0529-1356.2014.06.022

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Analysis on regional differences of body surface area development of Chinese Han teenagers in rural areas

GAO Guo-zhu* CHEN Li-wu   

  1. Department of Hygiene,Vacation College of Chuzhou City,Anhui Fengyang 233100,China
  • Received:2014-04-24 Revised:2014-06-19 Online:2012-12-06 Published:2014-12-06
  • Contact: GAO Guo-zhu E-mail:togaoguozhu@aliyun.com

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the regional differences of the body surface area development of Chinese Han teenagers from areas. Methods This report was based on the data of height and weight of 107745(male 53857,female 53888)Chinese Han teenagers’ physique and health survey report in 2010 of 30 provinces and cities. It calculated the body surface came with Stevenson and DuBois’s formula. The 36 parameters of height, weight and body surface obtained from teenagers of 7-18 years old. It used varimax to factor analysis, average of the various parameters change to factor points and factors points to the samples Q cluster analysis (Ward’s method). Thirty samples of men and women were divided into several categories using the Cubic model fitting growth curve of the above body surface area. Results The three indicators(height, weight and body surface area) comprehensively summarized the differences of growth and development of different area groups. Both boys and girls were embraced into three categories. Boys were be divided into high and low development group. Girls were be divided into high, middle and low group. There were development differences among different groups. Conclusion There are both similarities and differences of body surface area development. As a whole the body surface area of Chinese Han teenagers in rural regions of China is lower from north to south and from east to west. The gap of the girl’s body surface area in China is reducing now, and the body surface of the middle-eastern and coastal provinces and cities has a tendency to go beyond the north’ body surface.

Key words: Rural area, Han, Body surface area, Growth and development, Anthropometric method, Teenager