Shoulder, chest, waist and hip in Thai adults.

ABSTRACT

A survey of 2008 healthy Thai adults, 15-88 years of age, was conducted in Bangkok and seven rural areas which fit the WHO criteria of reference population. The measurements in centimeters for males and females respectively were a. diameters shoulder girdle 37.1 + 2.2, 33.2 + 2.0  pelvic girdle 26.5 + 1.9, 25.9 + 2.3 lateral chest 26.0 + 2.0, 24.0 + 2.0  ant-post chest 17.7 + 1.8, 16.7 + 2.1 b. circumferences chest 83.9 + 5.9, 81.4 + 7.9  waist 74.3 + 8.6, 71.1 + 9.1 hip 86.5 + 5.9, 87.7 + 7.3 These anthropometric measurements showed significant sex, age and area differences probably due to the differences in cohort, nutrition, physical activity and/or tribal origin. Compared to the Americans, Thai adults had smaller shoulder, chest, waist and hip and a flatter chest.