Subcutaneous Fat Distribution in Japanese Women : Part I Fat Thickness of the Trunk

Abstract

The thickness of subcutaneous fat were measured at 215 different points on the trunk in Japanese young women wlth using B-mode ultrasonic device. Subjects were 10 healthy Japanese females aged from 20 to 24 years. Average subcutaneous fat thickness over the trunk of 10 subjects was 9.8 mm, and it's standard deviation was 1.5 mm. Subcutaneous fat thickness showed the higher value at the buttock, the breasts and the abdomen and the lower value at the back. The difference of fat distribution between obese subjects and lean subjects was exhibited mainly on the abdominal parts but not on the chest and back parts of the trunk.