Comparative study of anthropometric measurements for children of 5 years of age of two regions of México

Abstract

One of the main objectives of human factors is the design and/or adaptation of workstations to the user, using anthropometric tables appropriate to the age of the worker. In seeking to apply the previous precept in a classroom of preschool-age children we find only two anthropometric tables covering the necessary age (5 years), one corresponding to a population of the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mx. and another one from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that includes the weight and stature of five years old American children. Theorizing that the population from the northern part of Mexico is more similar to the sample from Guadalajara, this study validates the use of these tables taking eight anthropometric measures of a small sample that includes twelve girls and nine children of the population of Cuauhtemoc, Chih., comparing the results obtained with the ones presented in the anthropometric tables mentioned before. The data obtained provide enough evidence to affirm that there is no significant difference between the anthropometric dimensions of the children of Guadalajara and those obtained in Cuauhtemoc, so you can use all the dimensions of the tables for the adaptation of the work stations involved.