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Study data from University of Calcutta update understanding of life sciences
2009 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com) -- "Nutritional status and its association with age at menarche and per capita income was Studied in a sample of one hundred seventy five young adult post menarche Bengalee females of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Height and weight were measured following standard technique and BMI was calculated," scientists writing in the journal Anthropologischer Anzeiger report. "Information regarding age, age at menarche, per capita income etc. were collected through schedule. The results of the linear regression analysis revealed that both age at menarche and per capita income have significant (p < 0.05) impact on BMI. However, menarcheal age demonstrated negative impact (beta = -0.21) on BMI and explained 4% of the variance of BMI. Contrary to that, per capita income demonstrated positive impact (beta = 0.34) on BMI and explained 11% of the variance of BMI. However, the overall prevalence of thinness, overweight and obese was 30.3%, 9.1% and 4.6%, respectively," wrote J.R. Ghosh and colleagues, University of Calcutta. The researchers concluded: "The results of the chi-square analysis revealed significant (p < 0.01) association of nutritional status with age at menarche and per capita income." Ghosh and colleagues published their study in Anthropologischer Anzeiger (A study on nutritional status among young adult Bengalee females of Kolkata: effect of menarcheal age and per capita income. Anthropologischer Anzeiger, 2009;67(1):13-20). Additional information can be obtained by contacting J.R. Ghosh, University of Calcutta, Dept. of Anthropol, University of College Science Technology & Agriculture, 35 Ballygunge Circular Rd., Calcutta 700019, W Bengal, India. The publisher of the journal Anthropologischer Anzeiger can be contacted at: E Schweizerbartsche Verlags, Naegele U Obermiller, Science Publishers, Johannesstrasse 3A, D 70176 Stuttgart, Germany. Keywords: India, Calcutta, Life Sciences, University of Calcutta. This article was prepared by Life Science Weekly editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Life Science Weekly via NewsRx.com.
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