SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF SUBCUTANEOUS ADIPOSE TISSUE IN THE SLAV POPULATION OF YAKUTIA AGED 17-35 YEARS

Abstract

Background. Adipose tissue is one of the active tissue components and plays an important role in many biological processes of the human body. The fat component is a rather unstable structure of the body, its variability is associated with motor activity, eating habits, age, sex, region of residence and many other factors. Purpose. To determine the topographic, sexual characteristics of the distribution of subcutaneous fat in the Slav population of 17-35 years of Yakutia. Materials and methods. A somatometric examination of 259 Slav men and 630 Slav female of Yakutia aged 17 to 35 years, permanently residing in the territory of the republic, was conducted. Body length, body weight, thickness of skin-fat folds were measured by caliperometry. The obtained material is processed by the method of variation statistics using the SPSS application software package for Windows (version 22.0). Methods of parametric and nonparametric statistics were used. Results. It was found that the predominant accumulation of adipose tissue in persons of both sexes was revealed in the abdominal area. Sex differences in the distribution of subcutaneous fat were determined. In men, high values of skin-fat folds were found in the back area, and in women in the shoulder area from behind and lower leg. Significantly large values of all skin-fat folds were determined in women. Conclusion. The study revealed the sexual and regional features of the distribution of adipose tissue among the Slavs of Yakutia aged 17-35 years.

Keywords

• adipose tissue
• men
• women
• yakutia
• adolescence
• first period of adulthood