SOMATOTIPOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE RUSSIAN AND INDIAN STUDENTS 

Kalmin Oleg Vital'evich, Doctor of medical sciences, professor, head of the sub-department of human anatomy, Medical Institute, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), E-mail: ovkalmin@gmail.com
Galkina Tat'yana Nesterovna, Candidate of medical sciences, associate professor, sub-department of human anatomy, Medical Institute, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), E-mail: galkinatn@gmail.com
Luk'yanenko Danila Aleksandrovich, Assistant, sub-department of human anatomy, Medical Institute, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), E-mail: myromets93@yandex.ru
Frunze Elena Mikhaylovna, Assistant, sub-department of human anatomy, Medical Institute, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), E-mail: ef2714@yandex.ru 

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10.21685/2072-3032-2019-1-7 

Background. The purpose of this research was definition and comparison of somatometrichesky parameters of the Indians and Russian citizens living in the Penza region.
Material and methods. The study included 192 male students aged 17–21 years, divided into two groups according to nationality. Somatometry was carried out according to the method of V. V. Bunak (1941) standard tools.
Results. For Indian and Russian students, overall, normal body weight was typical (46.8 % and 67.7 %, respectively), while young men from India were underweight almost 3 times more often than residents of the Penza region (20.9 % and 7.7 % of cases, respectively). Foreign students were predominantly asthenic (45.2 %) with a narrow chest (71 %). Among the residents of the Penza region, normosteniki (53.1 %) with a wide chest (53.1 %) were detected more often. Conclusion The study revealed significant differences between the somatometric parameters of Indians and Russian citizens living in the Penza region.
Conclusions. During the research reliable differences between somatometrical parameters of the Indians and the Russian citizens living in the Penza region are revealed. 

anthropometry, somatometry, constitution type, physical development, Indians, regional features 

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