Factor Analysis of the Japanese Body Composition

Abstract

The present anthropometry has been established using the data of adult Japanese, 168 males and 89 females, the principal component and the varimax rotation methods were applied to 16 measurement items. Five factors were extracted and four of them were interpreted as soft and skeletal components, blood pressure and grip strength. Factor 5 was not interpreted but it revealed sexual discrepancies of factor loadings. Age had not its own peculiar factor. The individual factor scores were introduced in the present study. Since the magnitudes of scores indicate personal characteristics, the classification was made of individuals on the basis of factor scores.