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KMID : 0352819860020010063
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Kosin Medical Journal
1986 Volume.2 No. 1 p.63 ~ p.71
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Characteristics of Subcutaneous Fat Distribution in Contemporary Korean Young sters
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Abstract
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Characteristics of the subcutaneous fat distribution and some other anthropometric parameters were studied among 590 contemporar, Korean youngsters(298 male and 292 female), randomly selected in Pusan and Kyungju areas.
1) In both male and female, the height and the weight of the body was markedly higher in high school(average age 17.2yrs) than in middle school(average age 14.4yrs) pupils, the difference being significantly greater in the form´er(17an in height, 16kg in weight) than in the latter(5cm in height, 5.5kg in weight). However, between the high school pupil and the college student there were no significant differences in the height and the weight in both sexes.
2) Likewise, the mean subcutaneous fat thickness was significantly higher in the high scho0´1(3.86mm in male, 6.69mm in female) than in the middle school(2.86mm in male, 5.08mm in female) youngsters, but that in the college student(3.77mm in male, 6.09mm in female) was not higher than that in the high school pupil in both sexes. The absolute value of the mean subcutaneous fat thickness of the female was higher than that of the male by approximately 75% in the middle and high school pupils and 60% in the college students.
3) At all age groups, the local skinfold thickness at trunk and proximal limbs was higher than those at head and distal extremities in both sexes. However, at all regions of the body the skinfold thickness was much higher in the female than in the male, the difference being most significant at the abdomen and thigh.
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