Vital respiratory indexes of secondary school students at Sapa and Yen Binh

This cross-sectional study involved 339 students aged 12-15 at Sapa and Yen Binh regions. It measured and compared indexes such as vital capacity (VC), forced expiratory volume 1 (FEV1), and Tiffeneau index. Results: there weren’t significant differences between VC, FEV1 and Tiffeneau indexes of students in both sexes of 2 regions (p0.9), and between FEV1 and height (r>0.9)

Some anthropometric indicator in puplils at Sapa and Yen Binh regions

This cross-sectional study involved 339 students aged 12-15 at 2 boarding schools in Sapa and Yen Binh, determined height, weight, and BMI. Results: there weren’t significant differences between the weights (Sapa’s students: 34.38 kg, and Yen Binh’s students: 33.31 kg), and the average heights of students in 2 regions (p>0.05); but BMI of Sapa’s students is higher than Yen Binh’s students (17.04 vs 16.38, p<0.05)