Studies on the Axillay Temperature of the Japanese Aged

Abstract

The axillay temperature of the aged, over 65 years old, were measured between 1 and 4 p.m. The time used for measurement was 30min. Blood pressure, body weight and body height were also measured simultaneously. The data from 2470 people (875 male and 1595 female), which were capable to live normal for himself, were used for further statistical analyses. The comparison with the data about the axillary temperature of adult Japanese people, reported by Tasaka et al were also performed.
1) The distribution of the axillary temperature of the aged is close to the normal distribution. Its mean value is 36.66°C and its standard deviation is 0.42°C.
The mean value of the axillary temperature of the aged is 0.23°C lower than that of the adult people (36.89°C).
The fact that the standard deviation of the axillary temperature of the aged is greater than that of the adult people (0.34°C), indicating the greater personal difference of the axillary temperature of the aged than that of the adult people.
2) The mean value and the standard deviation of the axillary temperature of the male aged was 36.55°C and 0.41°C, and these of female aged was 36.72°C and 0.42°C. The mean value of the axillary temperature of the male aged was 0.17°C lower than that of female aged. This relationship is reverse to the result of the adult people, because the mean value of the axillary temperature of the male (36.92°C) is higher than that of the female (36.85°C) in the adult people.
3) The correlation between the axillary temperature and the blood pressure was not significant. But the inverse correlation between the axillary temperature and the body weight, the body height and the weight-height ratio was significant; that is, the axillary temperature of the thicker aged was lower than that of the thinner aged.