Shape Classification of Bodytype of Adult Women - At Sight of Front line of the Body -

성인 여성의 정면 체형에 대한 형태적 분류

  • 최유경 (서울대학교 가정대학 의류학과) ;
  • 이순원 (서울대학교 가정대학 의류학과)
  • Published : 1998.01.01

Abstract

To classify the bodytype at sight of front line of the body, 20 to 59 year-old 484 females were examined. 73 photographic and 16 anthropometric measurements were taken to each subject. The indices were used to obtain the shape factor of the bodytype. The principal component analysis was performed to obtain the shape factor of the front line of body and 6 factors were abstracted. The factor score was better than the measurements as the independent variable in applying the cluster analysis to classify the shape. As the result of the cluster analysis, the shape of the body at sight of the front line was classified in 4 types. It was named X, Y, A, H type. Considering the sizes, Y type was obese and H type was lean characteristically.

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