Anthropometric and biochemical studies among residents of old people's homes in Singapore
Phoon, W.O.; Oon, S.Y.; Tye, C.Y.
Singapore Medical Journal 27(4): 293-295
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675 PMID: 3798139 Document Number: 275076
442 apparently healthy residents of five old people's homes in Singapore were studied for their heights, weights, skinfold thickness, blood pressure, haematological picture, serum cholesterol, serum urea, blood sugar and blood urea. Females had significantly higher blood pressure and serum cholesterol but lower haemoglobin levels than males. The blood urea levels were higher than the usually accepted norms for young healthy adults. Leucocytes ranged from 3,000 to 13,000 per cu mm. There was no significant difference in the mean values of skinfold thickness between age groups, but proportionately more non-Chinese females had a skinfold thickness of 1.6 cm or greater than Chinese females.