Research on body build of middle-and-old-aged women in Chengdu area

Through the static contact measuring of human body of random selected 200 middle-and-old-aged women aging from 45 to 60 in Chengdu area,the data including 36 indexes of body build were analyzed by statistical means of description,factor and K-means cluster,and four types of body build indexes were computed based on the data,then the features of body build about the middle-and-old-aged women were described qualitatively and quantitatively from different views.Based on the body features,a new standard suggested for the body build classification for the women was presented,and the reference values of main parts of various types of body build were also given.