Table 3 Mean values of the three body shape groups and results of ANOVA for the 10 PCs and 35 variables

PC 1

Abdomen prominence

 − 512 C

0.881

0.599 A

1.044

 − 0.035 B

0.838

Front depth: abdomen–thigh

6.670 B

2.510

7.953 A

2.106

6.706 B

1.622

Front depth: abdomen–hip

3.151 B

1.352

4.586 A

1.409

3.051 B

1.222

Front depth: waist–hip

3.077 B

1.345

4.466 A

1.544

2.885 B

1.379

Lower abdomen angle

1.091 B

0.464

1.720 A

0.451

1.095 B

0.442

PC 2

Thigh to knee profile

0.067 B

0.833

 − 790 C

0.962

0.467 A

0.807

Back depth: mid-thigh–knee

0.138 B

1.060

1.185 A

1.292

 − 0.746 C

1.032

Back depth: thigh–knee

0.982 B

1.389

2.239 A

1.857

 − 0.207 C

1.397

Front depth: thigh–knee

5.798 B

1.507

4.499 C

1.619

6.374 A

1.360

Front depth: mid-thigh–knee

4.505 A

1.238

3.473 B

1.249

4.888 A

1.065

PC3

Upper buttocks prominence

0.571 A

0.704

0.305 A

0.885

 − 0.591 B

0.933

Upper buttocks angle

1.638 A

0.314

1.603 A

0.325

1.108 B

0.361

Back depth: hip–waist

5.117 A

0.892

5.301 A

1.068

3.643 B

1.192

Back depth: hip–abdomen

4.755 A

1.156

4.731 A

1.149

3.561 B

1.146

PC4

Waist to hip drop

 − 355 B

0.967

.078 A

0.979

0.194 A

0.984

Width: hip–waist

1.605 B

1.266

2.043 B

1.233

2.613 A

1.164

Width: hip–abdomen

1.839 B

1.377

1.923 B

1.146

2.777 A

1.219

Girth: hip–abdomen

2.936 A

3.730

1.280 B

3.886

3.455 A

3.674

Girth: hip–waist

3.298

3.724

1.918

3.879

3.239

3.786

PC5

Thigh to knee silhouette

 − 477 B

1.063

0.147 A

0.970

0.233 A

.865

Width: mid-thigh–knee

2.041 B

1.035

2.528 A

0.993

2.690 A

0.767

Girth: mid-thigh–knee

9.282 B

2.484

10.387 A

2.692

10.217 AB

2.384

Girth: thigh–knee

19.269 B

4.010

21.444 A

2.768

21.956 A

3.430

Width: thigh–knee

4.434 B

1.299

5.527 A

1.238

5.678 A

1.286

PC6

Lower body tilt angle

0.016

0.920

 − 0.028

0.899

0.007

1.121

Front X: knee–ankle

1.873

1.701

2.504

2.099

2.189

2.209

Back X: knee–ankle

1.092

1.379

1.790

1.891

1.396

1.762

Lower body tilt

0.487

0.140

0.462

0.113

0.488

0.123

Front X: waist–ankle

14.378

3.204

14.915

2.447

15.218

2.491

Back X: waist–ankle

1.338

1.816

.428

1.914

0.932

2.114

PC7

Waist to crotch length

 − 0.023

0.848

0.127

1.069

 − 0.066

1.055

Height: waist–crotch

 − 28.424

1.812

 − 28.566

2.063

 − 27.597

2.075

Length: back crotch

37.327

2.426

37.578

2.484

36.432

2.098

Length: front crotch

39.437

1.956

39.881

2.278

39.298

4.635

Height: waist–hip

17.471

1.342

18.509

1.676

18.632

1.348

PC8

Vertical height

 − 0.394 B

0.892

0.226 A

0.997

0.125 A

1.006

Height: crotch

69.795 B

3.462

73.065 A

4.142

73.301 A

4.241

Height: crotch–knee

26.381 B

1.829

28.108 A

2.260

28.744 A

2.603

Height: knee

43.414 B

2.185

44.957 A

2.456

44.557 A

2.319

PC9

Abdomen to crotch height

0.383 A

1.032

 − 0.419 C

0.870

0.008 B

0.960

Height: abdomen–hip

17.290 A

4.345

15.033 B

3.538

16.390 AB

4.077

Height: abdomen–crotch

28.243 A

4.680

25.090 B

3.826

25.355 B

4.466

PC10

Lower buttocks angle

 − 0.530 B

0.868

0.077 A

1.027

0.315 A

0.928

Lower buttocks angle

1.969 B

0.291

2.185 A

0.351

2.276 A

0.330

Back depth: hip–thigh

3.889 B

0.782

4.424 A

0.954

4.315 A

0.880