| Title | Anthropometric indices of male and female Nigerians of different age groups. | | Author(s) | Balogun JA, Olawoye AG, Oladipo VA | | Institution | Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. | | Source | Afr J Med Med Sci 1994 Sep; 23(3):279-86. | | MeSH | Adolescent
Adult
African Continental Ancestry Group
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Body Height
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nigeria
Reference Values
Sex Characteristics
| | Abstract | The body weight (W), height (H), Quetelet index W/H2), and Ponderosity index (W/H3) of 1,040 healthy (520 male and 520 female) volunteers (age ranged from 6-80 years) from various urban and rural communities in Oyo and Osun States, Nigeria were measured. We observed that the subjects body weight, height and Quetelet index increased with chronological age up until the third decade of life (20-29 years) when they peaked and gradually declined thereafter. The combined mean data for all ages revealed that males were significantly (p < 0.001) taller and heavier than the females. The Quetelet of index of the males were comparable (p > 0.05) to the females, but the Ponderosity index of the females were significantly (p < 0.001) higher than the males. The anthropometric normative data presented in this study will find useful application in bariatric practice in Nigeria. It will serve as a reference to which patients data in Oyo and Osun States can be compared. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 7604755 |
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