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http://dx.doi.org/10.7741/rjcc.2015.23.3.512

The upper body type classification of middle-aged and elderly Korean women  

Lee, Suyeon (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Yonsei University)
Chun, Jongsuk (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Yonsei University)
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The Research Journal of the Costume Culture / v.23, no.3, 2015 , pp. 512-522 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the change in women's somatotype with aging. The subjects were 1,123 women aged 40~69. Their anthropometric data were from the 6th Size Korea. The data were analyzed by factor analysis and cluster analysis. Seven factors were extracted: body mass, body length, back shoulder, arm length factor, front interscye factor, body rise factor, and shoulder angle. The upper body types of middle-aged and elderly women were classified into five types: skinny, short stout body type with forward posture, composite, tall & full body type, and short & skinny. The skinny and composite body type appeared more often than the short stout body type in the early 40s of Korean women. Starting in the mid-50s, composite body type was less often found. However, the number of women with short stout body type increased. In the 60s, the number of women with short stout and tall & full body types decreased. These results reveal that the body types of middle-aged and elderly women changed with some pattern with aging. And women in their early 40s, mid-50s, and 60s women had different body shapes and postures.
Keywords
middle-aged; elderly; upper body type; women;
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