Study on somatotype of Kazakh adults in Gansu Province by Heath-Carter method
The somatotype characteristics of Kazakh adults in Gansu Province was studied using the Heath-Carter method.Ten indexes including weight and height of 263 Kazakh adults(104 males,159 females)were measured in Aksai Kazakh Au-tonomous County,Jiuquan City,Gansu Province,and the endomorphy,mesomorphy,ectomorphy values were calculated and compared with other domestic ethnic groups.The results were as follows:①The average somatotype of Kazakh males in Gansu Province was 5.4-5.0-1.1,which belongs to the endoderm-mesoderm balanced somatotype.The average somatotype of females was 6.4-5.2-0.7,which belongs to the mesoderm endoderm somatotype.The HWR value of males was greater than that of fe-males,and the SAM value was smaller than that of females.②Except the mesomorphy value,there were statistically significant gender differences of weight,height,endomorphy and ectomorphy values of Kazakh in Gansu Province.There were no statis-tically significant differences among age groups in the three factor values of males,and the three factor values were not corre-lated with age.There were statistically significant differences among age groups in the three factor values of females,and the endomorphy and mesomorphy values were positively correlated with age,while the ectomorphy value were negatively correlated with age.③The results of principal component analysis showed that the somatotype of Kazakh in Gansu Province was similar to that of Subei Mongolian ethnic group,Alxa Heshuote Mongolian ethnic group and Han in Gansu Province.Kazakh in Gansu Province had the characteristics of large degree of body obesity and small degree of body linearity.
Kazakh in Gansu ProvinceHeath-Carter somatotype methodendomorphymesomorphyectomorphy
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