The purpose of this study is to identify the pattern of averages of body physical standards, physical structure and nutritional indices, body fatness, menstruation of the female of islands area students. For this purpose, author used a semi-longitudinal study analysis on the basis of the materials obtained through measurements and observation of physical structure and menstruation. This survey tool two months between April 1 and May 31, 1985, selected and measured among 801 students (male:449, female:352). And all the survey data have statistically analyzed by the computer.
The result of our analysis is like below.
A. Body Measurements
1. Body Height
Between the age of 6 and 12 (142.93±6.77cm), the body height of the male shows the linear growth, and between 12 and 15 (164.01±2.72cm) it shows faster linear growth. But between the age of 6 and 8 the body height of the female shows a slow growth, and between 9 and 13 it grows up in a straight line and after this age, the female shows a low growth.
The cross phenomenon over between male and female appears at the age of 10.5-13.5.
2. Body Weight
Between the age of 6 and 11 (31.23±4.19kg), the male shows a linear growth, after 12 years the male shows greater growth, But between 6 and 10 of age, the female shows more or less slow growth, and between 11 and 14 of age that of the female shows a suddenly great increase, after this (14 years) shows a slow growth curve again. The cross over between male and female appears at the age of 10.5-14.5.
3. Chest Girth
From the age of 6 (57.73±4.02cm) through 12 (69.88±3.88cm), the male shows a slow growth and the age of 12 through 17 (87.22±4.71cm), it shows a bigger chest girth in average. But the female, between 6 (55.89±3.01cm) and 11 (66.78±3.96cm) years of age, shows somewhat a drooping spiral growth of chest girth, after this 11 of age through 14 of age (77.96±5.55cm), it shows a very slow growth. The cross over between male and female appears at the age of 11.5 and 15.
4. Sitting Height
From the age of 6 (63.39±4.48cm) through 17 (90.42±6.74cm), the male almost shows a linear growth curve, while the female from 6 (63.12±4.59cm) to 13 (81.65±3.53cm) of age shows a ladder-type growth, after 13 of age shows a slow growth again. The cross over between male and female appears at the age of 10.5-13.5
5. Maximum Growth Age
A. The Age of Maximum Growth of Body Height
The age of the maximum growth of body height is 14.21 years of age for male and 11.15 for female. The girls grow earlier than the boys by more than three years.
B. The Age of Maximum Growth of Body Weights
The age of the maximum growth of body weight is 14.81 for male and 11.89 for female. It shows that the girls grow earlier than the boys by about three years.
C. The Age of the Maximum Growth of Chest Girth
The age of the maximum growth of chest girth is 14.71 for male and 12.90 for female. Here again the girls grow earlier than the boys by about two years.
D. The Age of the Maximum Growth of Sitting Heights
The age of the maximum growth of witting heights is 13.56 for male and 11.1 for female. Here, the girl´s grow earlier than the boys by about two years.
B. Physical and Nutritional Indices
1. Relative Body Weight
Both male (17.02±3.25) and female (16.31±2.18) in the age of 6 grow in relative body weight as they grow old until the age of 17, when male reaches his heavier weight of 34.97±2.89 and female of 32.61±4.50. Generally male relative body weight is bigger than that of female.
2. Relative Chest-girth
The relative chest-girth of both male (50.66±4.19) and female (49.23±5.33) in the age of 6 decreases as they grow temporarily then increase again until the age 17 when the male reaches 51.68±2.58 in the relative chest-girth and that of female 52.98±6.44.
3. Relative Sitting Height
Both male (55.62±4.33) and female (55.59±6.36) in the age of 6 decrease as they grow temporarily then increase again until the age 17 when the relative sitting height of them reaches 53.57±3.67 for male and 54.30±5.22 for female.
4. Rohrer Index
The Rohrer index at the age of 6 is 1.32±0.26 for male and 1.29±0.19 for female. It decreases as they grow old. It reaches 1.20 index at the age of 11, 12 and 13 for male, while its lowest at the age 12:1.18 for female.
5. Kaup Index
At the age of six, the Kaup indices are 1.50±0.29 for male and 1.45±0.20 for female. They increase as they grow old, when it reaches its highest at the age od17:2.07±0.16 for male and 2.04±0.28 for female.
6. Pelidisi Index
At the age of six, the Pelidisi indices are 90.98±6.78 for male and 86.43±3.07 for female. They somewhat decrease as they grow old and then reach their highest at the age of 15:96.61±3.41 for male and at the age of 16:92.53±5.44 for female.
C. The Quantity of Fat through the Method of Measurement of Physical Body
1. Body Fatness
The fatness of the male at the age of 12 is 5.07kg in average, while that of the female at the age of 12 is 11.86kg for female and 10.89kg for male and 14.93kg for female at the age of 17. In other words, the female shows greater proportion of fat than the male through all ages, because it reaches at the highest of all.
2. Physical Obesity Rate
Physical obesity rates at the age of 12 are 14.42% for male and 32.40% for female. In other words, both male and female show the rate of overweights.
3. Fat Free Weight
It shows that fat free weight is 30.08kg for male and 24.74kg for female. And it increases as they grow old and it reaches its heaviest 48.21kg for male and 36.48kg for female at the age of 17. And it shows that the fat free weight of male is heavier than that of female.
D. Menstruation
1. The Period of Menstruation
After the first menstruation, 58.00% of the girls have regular period whereas 42.00% have irregular periods. Among the regulars, 31.14% of the girls have 30 days type(3rd), 2.29% of them have 21 days (4th) and 0.86% have other´s type.
2. The Duration of Menstruation
The duration of menstruation is different in each girl. 33.14% of the girls have a four day period; 24.19% have a three day period; 23.14% have a five day period; 5.14% have a seven day period and 3.14% have a two day period is one day, while the longest period is 8 days. Average duration of menatruation is 4.26 days.
3. Bleeding Color at Menstruation
Bleeding color at menstruation each girl is somewhat different. 65.14% of the girls have bright red color; 29.14% have dark red color. Both secretion of mucus and other´s color have 2.86%
4. The Subjective Symptoms During Menstruation
The subjective symptoms during menstruation are various. 40.70% of the girls have headache; 17.15% have neurotic symptom; 16.12% have abdominal pain; 8.88% have loss of appetite; 4.34% have nausea; 3.52% have lumbago and 3.51% have other symptoms; 2.89% have malaise; 2.27% have vertigo and 0.62% have none.
5. Regularity of Menstruation during 1st 6 Month After Menarche
According to the survey, the regularity of menstruation during first 6 month after menarche is; 57% of the girls are regular; 65.43% are irregular. Among the regulars, 27.14% no menstruation for 1 to 3 months; 5.71% for 4 to 6 months; 4% for 6 months over; 28.5% are irregular intermittantly
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