중국 20대 남성의 하반신 형태 연구(제1보)- 절강성 영파 지역을 중심으로 -

Abstract

Body measurement was first made with the subjects of 193 males in their 20s residing in the Ningbo area, Zhejiang Province in China. In this first report, lower body shapes were classified and discriminated by using anthropometric measurement indices and lower body analysis. The following sums up the research:1. Compared with the average values of Korean males in their 20s, the Chinese subjects were characterized with thinner waist, more flat hip, and smaller midthigh.2. The subjects of Chinese males in their 20s showed three types of lower bodies:H-Round Type (25.91%)―thick waist-abdomen, round cross-section waist-abdomen, and small waist-hip difference.A-Trapezoid Type (34.72%)―small width of omphalion waist-abdomen, average cross-section waist-abdomen, and large waist-hip difference.A-Balance Type (39.38%)―average width of omphalion waist-abdomen, flat cross-section waist-abdomen, and large waist-hip difference.3. Seven useful variables for the categorization of the subjects' lower body types were chosen through stepwise discriminant analysis, and the hit ratio of discrimination was 96.89%.