Research Article
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.
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Selected anthropometric traits | Male | Female |
Agricultural labourer () |
Brickfield labourer () | t-test (df = 196) |
Agricultural labourer () |
Brickfield labourer () | 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/m2) | 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 |
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P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.
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