Abstract
To analyze the variation of body proportion in relation to stature, the allometry equation was applied to somatometric data concerning the garment design, which were obtained from 4, 278 males and 4, 123 females aged 25 to 69 years, measured in 1971-1972.
The following results were obtained.
1) Three girth measurements (bust girth, waist girth, hip girth) were judged inappropriate for application of the allometry method, because their correlation coefficients with stature were very low or insignificant.
2) In cases of other three measurements (lower limb length, posterior arm length, posterior shoulder length), all but one of allometry were uniphasic, while the posterior arm length in females, diphasic.
3) All the three measurements showed positive allometry in both sexes. The sex differences of the values α were insignificant for the majority of the cases. The value α in lower limb length was larger than that in posterior arm length irrespective of sex.
