（1.School of Physical Education，Chuzhou College，Chuzhou 239000，China；
2.Chuzhou City Vacation College，Fengyang 233100，China)Abstract: Based on the height and body mass data of teenagers of the Han nationality in 30 provinces and cities in 2010 Chinese student constitution and health research report, the authors calculated male and female body surface area values by using Stevenson and DuBois formula, selected 36 parameters of such 3 indexes as height, body mass and body surface area of teenagers ages 7-18 in 12 age groups, carried out a factor analysis by utilizing varimax orthogonal rotation, turned the mean values of various index parameters into factor scores, carried out a between-sample Q cluster analysis based on factor scores, sorted 30 male samples and 30 female samples into several categories, model fit vari-ous body surface area development curves mentioned above by using Cub model, and revealed the following findings: the 3 indexes (height, body mass and body surface area) could comprehensively summarize differences in the growth and development of difference racial groups well; the males and females were clustered into 3 categories; both the males and females could be divided into a high-level development group and a low-level development group; there were differences in growth and development between various groups. The said findings indicated that the body surface area of teenagers of the Han nationality in cities across China showed similarities as well as differences, and generally presented a pattern of development whose level became lower from north to south and from east to west.
Key words: human physiology；body surface area；growth and development；urban Han nationality teenagers；China |
