GENDER DIFFERENCES OF ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS, APPROPRIATE HEART RATE AND THE STRESS RESISTANCE INDEX OF EARLY ADOLESCENTS LIVING ON THE TERRITORY OF KRASNODAR KRAI AND THE REPUBLIC OF KABARDINO-BALKARI

Aim. To find out gender features of anthropometric characteristics, to define average index value of stress resistance of young teenagers living on the territory of Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria.

Materials and methods. Data on body height, weight, arterial blood pressure and pulse of 140 children (70 girls and 70 boys) at the age of 13,2±1,6 years living in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria as well as 137 children (70 boys and 67 girls) at the age of 13,4±0,1 year living on the territory of Krasnodar Krai (The Belorechensk and Crimean Districts) are collected and subjected to the statistical analysis. The appropriate number of heartbeat, total body area, the level of endured stress were determined by the formulas developed by Yu.R. Sheykh-Zade. Digital material is processed by the method of variation statistics in the Microsoft Excel program.

Results. The carried-out statistical analysis showed that anthropometric parameters are lower in thirteen-year old boys living in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria than in inhabitants of various parts of Krasnodar Krai: body weight (47,63±1,75 and 52,56±1,02 kg respectively), body area (14279,54±176,54 and 15109,95±181,67 cm2 respectively), index of body weight (19,12±0,21 and 20,43±0,30 c.u. respectively). Girls at the age of thirteen living in the Republic of KabardinoBalkaria have lower physiological parameters in comparison with inhabitants of Krasnodar Krai: the appropriate number of heartbeat (68,31±0,54 and 70,78 ±0,39 min-1 respectively), stress resistance index (1,14±0,23 and 1,28±0,05 c.u. respectively).

Conclusion. Gender differences of anthropometric and physiological parameters in children of the early teenage period between the stated regions (Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria) are determined.