LIPID CONTENT AND COMPOSITION OF ANIMAL 



581 



adult males and 200 adult females, respectively: dorsal part of the upper 

 arm, 9.8 and 14.9 mm.; above the iliac crest along the midaxillary line, 



MEAN - 1 1 items 



7.5 years 



5 10 15 20 25 



MEAN - 14 items [ 



10.5 Years 



Fig. 4. Means for the breadth of subcutaneous fat in 11 and 14 body 

 areas of boys and girls 7.5 years of age or 10.5 years of age. The dark areas 

 represent the excess of the average values for girls over that for boys. 182 



13.7 and 23.3 mm.; and below the scapula, 12.9 and 20.3 mm. The rela- 

 tive thicknesses of the subcutaneous fat layer in women at these three sites 

 were 152, 170, and 157% respectively, of the values for men. 



