Research on the characteristics of body height and weight in eight countries

Abstract

The data about body height and weight is the basic data information in anthropometric study. Firstly, this paper gave the direct comparison among these countries based on analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results of ANOVA showed that gender and country were both significant factors for analyzing body height or weight in these countries. No interaction effect exists between the two factors. Based on the average data and percentile values of weight we can conclude that these eight countries fall into three groups: The Netherlands and United States had significantly larger weight than the other six countries; China and India had the smallest weight. As expected, men are taller than women. In general, the rank order of samples with regard to height was similar in men and women. Men and women in The Netherlands were the tallest and people in India the shortest. There was a strong linear association between height and weight in men and women. Secondly, height and weight inference were conducted based on the ergonomic data in these countries. The relation between human height with the main body indexes was established using classical regression analysis. The obtained results could be a reference for designing the export clothes and food to these countries.