Anthropometric Characteristics in Taiwanese Adults: Age and Gender Differences.

Shih-Chang Chen,Po-Fu Lee,Chaou-Wen Lin,Chien-Chang Ho,Hui-Ling Chen

doi:10.3390/ijerph18147712

Abstract

Population aging is creating critical issues in Taiwan, and adults are being forced to maintain productivity at work; in other words, they need to work longer. Therefore, their fitness and health warrant immediate attention. Although the association between health and anthropometric characteristics has been reported, few profiles on Taiwanese adults can be found. The purpose of this study was to provide a suitable reference on the anthropometric data of Taiwanese adults. We recruited 60,056 anthropometric measurements from a representative database. Significant differences were found in every measurement for each gender and age group. Statistically, our results indicated anthropometric differences in different ages. However, CVs showed that the dispersions are minor. This study presents a sufficient profile on Taiwanese adults from a representative database to practitioners and other potential users.

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Both men and women were significantly different in each measurement
Results indicated that all indexes of men and women were significantly different in each age group
The present study used a representative population of Taiwanese adults for analysis and provided details of the anthropometric distribution

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Introduction

Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Taiwan has been reported as a super-aged society with a rapidly decreasing adult population [1]. In Taiwan, population aging is creating socioeconomic problems, and its impacts worldwide warrant immediate attention. Many countries have adopted pension systems to maintain sustainability [2,3,4,5]. The increasing costs of public health services have challenged society and its general productivity [6]. The health condition of adults has become more critical in Taiwan since they are responsible for the productivity of society

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