Kaarma H
Centre of Physical Anthropology, University of Tartu, Estonia.
Anthropol Anz. 1995 Sep;53(3):239-44.
670 young Estonian female students of the Tartu University (aged 18-22 years) were examined anthropometrically (37 body measurements and 10 skinfolds). By means of multidimensional statistical analysis we found that the woman's body as a whole is a linearly well-correlated system. The leading measurements are height and weight, which account for 50% of the variability of all the other measurements, while individual variability makes up 50%. There are no other body measurements besides weight and height that can give a reliable description of the general build of a woman's body. Variations in body height-weight sizes lead to systematic changes in the length, breadth and depth measurements, circumferences and body proportions. Comparative changes of body proportions in the general contingent and in the groups of purely pyknic and leptosomic women are based on the corresponding values of their body height and weight. These findings lead to the conclusion that the anthropological whole body primary model may be a classification of women's body height and weight.
对670名塔尔图大学年龄在18至22岁之间的爱沙尼亚年轻女学生进行了人体测量（37项身体测量和10处皮褶测量）。通过多维统计分析，我们发现女性身体整体是一个线性相关性良好的系统。主要测量指标是身高和体重，它们占所有其他测量指标变异性的50%，而个体变异性占50%。除了体重和身高之外，没有其他身体测量指标能够可靠地描述女性身体的总体体型。身高体重尺寸的变化会导致长度、宽度、深度测量、周长和身体比例的系统性变化。一般人群以及纯粹矮胖型和瘦长型女性群体中身体比例的比较变化是基于她们身高和体重的相应数值。这些发现得出的结论是，人类学全身初级模型可能是女性身高和体重的分类。
