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- Title
SECULAR TRENDS IN BASIC BODY TRANSVERSAL PARAMETERS IN ADULT LATVIAN WOMEN BETWEEN 1929-1930 AND 2001-2005.
- Authors
Kažoka, Dzintra; Vētra, Jānis
- Abstract
The secular change in body size across populations provides information about public health changes and living conditions over time. Latvia has experienced considerably more changes in 20th and 21st centuries, which their impacts on the adult women body parameters have not been assessed profoundly by now. The aim of this study was to characterize the differences in three transversal body parameters and to describe their secular changes over time between two populations (2001-2005 and 1929-1930) of Latvian women. In 2001-2005 population consisted of 514 women aged between 18 and 45 years, and in 1929-1930 population included 1,000 women aged between 18 and 45 years. The subjects were all of Latvia birth and Latvians. Three transversal body measurements were taken: shoulder (biacromiale) breadth, bispinale breadth and hip (bicristale) breadth. The present study demonstrated the presence of larger means for shoulder and hip breadths in the current sample than the study of about 73-75 years ago. On average, the shoulder (biacromiale) breadth has increased around 0.57 cm and hip (bicristale) breadth - around 2.87 cm. The most prominent jump of female bispinale breadth (around 3.68 cm) was observed in 2001-2005. We found a clear increasing trend in three transversal parameters among those who were studied between 1929-1930 and 2001-2005.
- Subjects
LATVIA; BODY size; WOMEN; PUBLIC health; ANTHROPOLOGY
- Publication
Papers on Anthropology, 2008, Vol 17, p158
- ISSN
1406-0140
- Publication type
Article