Moscow University
Anthropology
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Anthropology
Bulletin
1) Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Mochovaya st., 11, Moscow, 125009, Russia;2) Mongolian National Institute of Physical Education, Ikh toiruu st., 49, Ulaanbaatar, 14200, Mongolia
Godina Elena Z., D.Sc., Prof.; ORCID ID 0000-0002-0692-420X; egodina11@gmail.com; Permiakova Ekaterina Yu., PhD; ORCID ID 0000-0002-6490-4004; ekaterinapermyakova@gmail.com; Gundegmaa Lhagvasuren, PhD; mongol_gunde@mail.ru.
Materials and Methods. The materials for the present study were collected as a result of a complex survey of 9,758 children and adolescents from 7 to 17 years of age who were ethnic Mongols and lived in the city of Ulaanbaatar. Anthropometric measurements were taken according to the standard procedure. Some functional characteristics of cardiovascular and respiratory systems, dynamometry of both hands. Results. Main statistical parameters of the studied traits are presented and compared in the groups of children and adolescents of both sexes living in different social conditions, statistical significance of differences evaluated. It was found that children and adolescents living in modern apartments were ahead of their counterparts from yurts and dormitories in the values of most traits, apart from functional characteristics in girls. Discussion. The obtained results are in agreement with other researchers’ data including those from Mongolia. As living conditions are connected with socioeconomic family status, positive influence of this factor on physical development of children can be concluded. Functional characteristics in girls differ only in respiratory system, which may serve as an evidence of much less dependency of these characteristics from the above-mentioned factors. Bigger values of cardiovascular and respiratory indicators were found in boys living in the modern flats, may be considered as unfavorable risk factor for their further development. While the improvement in dynamometry may be evidence of positive changes in physical strength. Conclusion. The results support the viewpoint about significant influence of social and living conditions on growth processes and physical development of Mongolian children and adolescents. Variations in morphofunctional characteristics in this urban group influenced by living conditions allow to conclude that in total body dimensions schoolchildren living in modern apartments are ahead of their counterparts living in yurts and dormitories.
auxology; physical development; total body dimensions; morphofunctional characteristics; living conditions; Mongolian children and adolescents
DOI: 10.32521/2074-8132.2020.2.074-086
Цит.: Godina E.Z., Permiakova E.Yu., Gundegmaa L. Comparison of the morphological and functional characteristics of Mongolian children and adolescents living in various social conditions // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2020; 2/2020; с. 74-86
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