Differences in Selected Health Traits between Occupational Groups among Oraons of Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of selected anthropometric traits of agricultural and brickfield labourers of either sex.

Selected anthropometric traits	Male					Female
	Agricultural labourer (𝑛=62)		Brickfield labourer; (𝑛=136)		t-test; (df = 196)	Agricultural labourer (𝑛=43)		Brickfield labourer; (𝑛=116)		t-test; (df = 157)
	Mean	S.D	Mean	S.D		Mean	S.D	Mean	S.D
Age (years)	31.00	10.88	34.79	11.64	2.17*	29.14	7.84	30.62	10.16	0.87
Stature (cm)	163.56	6.33	161.57	6.52	2.01*	151.53	5.81	149.50	5.81	1.95
Weight (kg)	48.71	4.77	47.94	5.98	0.89	41.24	4.44	40.83	4.65	0.51
BMI (kg/m^2)	18.21	1.45	18.34	1.77	0.52	17.93	1.35	18.27	1.89	1.08
Circumferences (cm)
Midupper arm	22.45	1.33	22.17	1.79	1.10	20.69	1.30	20.83	1.92	0.42
Calf	29.02	1.72	28.11	3.01	2.21*	27.15	1.58	26.79	2.72	0.79
Chest (exhalation)	79.66	3.57	77.76	4.09	3.14*	71.64	6.27	72.72	4.18	1.26
Chest (Inhalation)	82.02	3.65	79.99	4.05	3.36**	74.25	3.93	74.21	3.78	0.06
Chest diameters (cm)
Anteroposterior	23.93	1.43	24.85	4.68	1.52	22.05	1.18	22.85	1.67	2.86*
Transverse	17.49	1.41	17.24	1.29	1.19	15.96	1.33	15.64	1.12	1.54
Skinfold thicknesses (mm)
Biceps	3.19	0.56	2.81	0.88	3.22**	4.05	1.13	4.02	1.87	0.13
Triceps	5.15	1.23	4.62	1.63	2.26*	8.34	1.23	8.30	1.63	0.07
Calf	4.74	1.18	4.69	1.90	0.19	7.4	2.08	7.61	3.04	0.41
Subscapular	8.69	1.44	7.81	3.05	2.14*	9.53	2.51	9.52	3.26	0.01
Suprailiac	5.69	1.43	5.2	2.51	1.44	6.99	3.02	6.59	3.73	0.64

∗P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.