Biometrical Studies on the Koreans

No. 2 Measurements Related to the Head and Trunk.

Abstract

In this report results of biometrical survey of physique in the following aspects is presented; horizontal girth of head, maximum glabello-occipital length, maximum interzygomatic breadth, girth of chest, antero-posterior diameter of chest, transverse diameter of chest, sitting height, breadth of shoulder, distance between iliac tubercles, and girth of waist, etc. The results are shown in separate tables 1-12.
1. In averages, the horizontal girth of head, maximum width f head, sitting height, and breadth of shoulders of Koreans are somewhat larger than those of the Japanese. Maximum glabello-occipital length, maximum interzygomatic breadth, distance between iliac tubercles are smaller than those of the Japanese. The girth of chest is larger in males whereas smaller in females than that of the Japanese.
2. In averages, the horizontal girth of head, maximum glabello-occipital length, maximum width of head, sitting height and girth of chest of Koreans are somewhat smaller than those of the Europeans. But the girth of chest is larger than that of the Jew.
3. The relative sitting height in youth is larger in males than in females, but this difference gradually diminishes with age and above 12 years it becomes smaller in males than in females.