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Age-Related Variation on Somatotypes of Javanese People in Yogyakarta Province

Neni Trilusiana Rahmawati - Personal Name; Janatin Hastuti - Personal Name; Kumi Ashizawa - Personal Name;

Background: Body form has been related to a criety of behavioral, accupational, health, and physical performance variables, and somatotype is an effective technique for the study of anthropometric variations, which possess constantly characteristics and are the functional and products of the whole genetic and the developmental complex. Objective: The objective of this cross-sectional study was to describe age-related variations of somatotype in a cross sectional sample of healthy adult and elderly subjects from Yogyakarta Province Indonesia, and to promate the use of technique for the study of somatotype variations in aged populations. Methods: The study, consisted of 426 healthy Javanese people (185 males and 241 female ) of age 18-90 years. The men and women samples were further divided into four groups: 18-20 years, 21-40 years, 41-60 years, and 61-90 years. All subjects were born and resident in Yogyakarta Province Heath-Carter somatotypes were determined for all suvjects. Result: The height are significantly greater in males than females. There was the relationship between age and somatotype component. The mean somatotype. The mean somatotype of the overall Javanese sample (18-90 years) is 3.0-3.2-2.9 or center type (SD: 1.2-1.3) in males and 4.4-3.3-2.2 or mesoendomorphic type (SD: 1.2-1.5-1.3) in females. Conclusion: In general, endomorphy and ectomorphy showed a week and even negative correlation with age group, while mesomorphy show a low but positive correlation. Significant sex differences in somatotype appeared only in endomorphy where females were higher than males. Javanese males somatototypes were less endomotphic and ectomorphic, but more ectomorphic than Javanese females.

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Call Number: Berkala Ilmu Kedokteran, 40(4): 1181-188
Publisher: Surabaya : Fk. Universitas Gajah Mada., 2008
Collation: 4p.
Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 0126-1312
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Subject(s): BODY CONSTITUTION
SOMATOTYPES
VARIATION
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