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Table 7 Drop value and flatness ratio comparison according to body types

From: Body shape classification of Korean middle-aged women using 3D anthropometry

Item

Body type

F

Mean (S.D.)

Type 1

(n = 79)

Type 2

(n = 75)

Type 3

(n = 78)

Type 4

(n = 70)

Total

(n = 302)

Drop Value

Drop 1

(Bust circumference-Waist circumference)

101.34C

(36.93)

110.76BC

(35.75)

119.89AB

(31.64)

128.32A

(36.24)

114.72

(36.41)

8.175***

Drop 2

(Hip circumference-Waist circumference)

139.53A

(46.14)

139.01A

(47.25)

141.35A

(43.19)

89.30bB

(46.68)

128.23

(50.37)

21.977***

Drop 3

(Hip circumference-Bust circumference)

38.19A

(39.71)

28.26AB

(40.99)

21.46B

(36.19)

-39.02C

(35.12)

13.51

(48.08)

60.184***

Drop 4

(Bust circumference-underbust circumference)

117.65B

(25.15)

111.76B

(24.58)

112.92B

(26.37)

133.68A

(24.15)

118.68

(26.40)

11.647***

Flatness ratio.

Bust flatness ratio (Bust depth/Bust breadth)

0.80B

(0.05)

0.78C

(0.05)

0.80B

(0.05)

0.83A

(0.05)

0.80

(0.05)

11.658***

Waist flatness ratio (Waist depth/Waist breadth)

0.75B

(0.04)

0.74B

(0.04)

0.74B

(0.04)

0.78A

(0.04)

0.75

(0.05)

12.830***

Hip flatness ratio (Hip depth/Hip width)

0.69B

(0.04)

0.68B

(0.04)

0.68B

(0.05)

0.72A

(0.04)

0.69

(0.04)

17.279***

  1. Alphabet is the result of Duncan’s post hoc test (A > B > C)
  2. ***p <  .001