Acta Anthropologica Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (06): 1004-1011.doi: 10.16359/j.cnki.cn11-1963/q.2020.0072

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Somatotype of the Kirgiz adults

ZENG Lingda1,2(), LI Wenhui1, WEN Youfeng1(), ZHANG Xianpeng1   

  1. 1. Institute of Biological Anthropology, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 121000
    2. ENT of Jinzhou Central Hospital, Jinzhou 121000
  • Received:2019-04-01 Revised:2020-08-21 Online:2021-12-15 Published:2020-11-25
  • Contact: WEN Youfeng E-mail:zenglingda@163.com;wenyf@jzmu.edu.cn

Abstract:

To study the adult somatotype characteristics of Kirgiz in Xinjiang, and analyze the differences in somatotype of Kirgiz adults that in different regions (southern and northern Xinjiang). Applying anthropometric methods, from July 2017 to August 2018, a total of 1270 Kirgiz adults (551 males and 719 females) were randomly selected from southern and northern Xinjiang with the informed consent. The sample was divided into groups by gender, age and region, and ten indexes such as height, weight were measured. The Heath-Carter method was used to classify their somatotype. It is found that there are significant differences between the adult male and female of Kirgiz in southern Xinjiang. There are differences in somatotype between the Kirgiz adults in southern and northern Xinjiang. The somatotype of the Kirgiz is similar to that of the han nationality.

Key words: Kirgiz, Adults, Heath-Carter, Somatotype

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