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STUDY ON ADULT SOMATOTYPE OF GELAO-NATIONALITY WITH HEATH-CARTER METHOD

Huang Xiufeng, Peichun Li, Zhong Bin, Jun Tan, Qin Limiao

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Heath-Carter method was applied to study the somatotype of 409 aboriginal Gelao adult individuals(204 males;205 females) with ages ranging from 20 to 60 in Daozhen County of Guizhou.The results are:(1)The mean somatotype of males falled in Esto-Mesomorph category (1.7—4.8—2.5),while that of females was Endo-Mesomorph category (2.8—4.4—1.8); (2) Age rising up,the values of Endomorph increased with that of the Ectomorph decreasing.Somatotype obviously changed after 35 in females. (3) Except the 20～ group having obvious sexual difference in the somatotype,the rest of each group have highly significant difference.(4)Compared with the somatotypes of other groups,the Gelao have less fat with less-developed skeletal muscles and a slender figure.

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Heath-Carter method was applied to study the somatotype of 409 aboriginal Gelao adult individuals(204 males;205 females) with ages ranging from 20 to 60 in Daozhen County of Guizhou.The results are:(1)The mean somatotype of males falled in Esto-Mesomorph category (1.7—4.8—2.5),while that of females was Endo-Mesomorph category (2.8—4.4—1.8); (2) Age rising up,the values of Endomorph increased with that of the Ectomorph decreasing.Somatotype obviously changed after 35 in females. (3) Except the 20～ group having obvious sexual difference in the somatotype,the rest of each group have highly significant difference.(4)Compared with the somatotypes of other groups,the Gelao have less fat with less-developed skeletal muscles and a slender figure.

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Heath-Carter method was applied to study the somatotype of 409 aboriginal Gelao adult individuals(204 males;205 females) with ages ranging from 20 to 60 in Daozhen County of Guizhou.The results are:(1)The mean somatotype of males falled in Esto-Mesomorph category (1.7—4.8—2.5),while that of females was Endo-Mesomorph category (2.8—4.4—1.8); (2) Age rising up,the values of Endomorph increased with that of the Ectomorph decreasing.Somatotype obviously changed after 35 in females. (3) Except the 20～ group having obvious sexual difference in the somatotype,the rest of each group have highly significant difference.(4)Compared with the somatotypes of other groups,the Gelao have less fat with less-developed skeletal muscles and a slender figure.

Key concepts: Somatotypes, Significant difference, Psychology, Demography, Anthropometry, Medicine, Internal medicine, Sociology

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