Anthropology and style of life in middle age women.

The anthropometric pattern, demographics data, lifestyle factors and several aspects of morbidity were analyzed for 400 Cuban women ages 40-60 years. More than 85% of women were obese, being these in direct association with morphology typically androgens, more evident in the postmenopausal women. In these women observed less body mass index and overweight, in an equivalent way between pre and postmenopausal women.

Fat distribution in Cuban infants.

Fatness and relative fat distribution of 505 infants from the city of Havana were identified by principal components analysis of four skinfolds. The first principal component accounts for 59-62% of the variance and represents overall fatness; the other components contrast trunk-extremity and upper-lower body fat. Principal component scores were also correlated with different anthropometric variables.