Acta Anatomica Sinica

AAS ›› 2016, Vol. ›› Issue (2): 268-273.doi: 10.16098/j.issn.0529-1356.2016.02.021

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Somatotype of Han nationality adults in the dialect regions of northern China

WEN You-feng1 YANG Yang1 XI Huan-jiu 1*ZHENG Lian-bin 2* XU Guo-chang3 HAI Xiang-jun4 ZHANG Guo-hui5   

  1. 1.Institute of Biological Anthropology, Liaoning Medical University, Liaoning Jinzhou 121000, China; 2.College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300074, China; 3. Institute of Anthropology, Nanyang Institute of Technology, He’nan Nanyang 411300, China; 4. Medical College of Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou 730030, China; 5. Department of Anatomy, Hebei North University, Hebei Zhangjiakou 075000, China

  • Received:2015-09-24 Revised:2015-11-10 Online:2016-04-06 Published:2016-04-06
  • Contact: XI Huan-jiu ;ZHENG Lian-bin E-mail:77136136@qq.com

Abstract:

Objective To fully investigate the characteristics of somatotype and differences between urban and rural of Han nationality adults in Chinese dialect regions of northern China including Gansu province, Hebei province, Hannan province, Liaoning province and Shan’xi province. Methods According to the human body measurement method, 10 somatotype items of the 6201 objects of study（male：3075，female：3126）were measured and evaluated with Heath-Carter method. Results The endomorphic mesomorphy was the majority category of male adults of Han nationality in Gansu and Hebei province. The mesomorphic endomorphy was the majority category of male adults of Han nationality in Henan and Shan’xi province. The endomorph-mesomorph was the majority category of male adults of Han nationality in Liaoning province. Between the female adults of Han nationality, female adults of Han nationality in aforementioned five provinces were mainly mesomorphic endomorphy category. Conclusion Discrepancy of somatotype has emerged between groups in Different Chinese dialect regions, but there is certain genetic relationship in Han population.