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Some secular changes in body height and proportion of Japanese medical students
Author(s) -
Ohyama Shiro,
Hisanaga Akira,
Inamasu Takeo,
Yamamoto Akiyo,
Hirata Miyuki,
Ishinishi Noburu
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330730204
Subject(s) - secular variation , anthropometry , demography , body height , body proportions , population , sitting , medicine , mathematics , body weight , geometry , pathology , sociology
Anthropometric dimensions of 738 medical students at Kyushu University in Japan were analyzed to determine secular changes of height and body proportions during a 20‐year period. Since 1961, means of standing height, leg length, and ratio of leg length to standing height have increased, although the rate of increase from 1971 to 1981 has been rather slow. On the contrary, the mean sitting height × 100/standing height has declined during this same period. Compared with data on the Japanese general population, the medical students were considerably taller, but the difference has decreased.