Anthropometric characteristics and body composition of Ainu and other Japanese
Comparison with other racial groups
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8313355 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Picón-Reátegui (Pennsylvania State University), E Picón‐Reátegui, E R Buskirk (Pennsylvania State University), Kazuya Doi (0000-0001-9452-4750, Hokkaido University), Akihiro KUROSHIMA (Hokkaido University), Tsutomu Hiroshige (Hokkaido University) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 393-400 |
| Publication date | 1979-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330500314 |
| OpenAlex | W1981699238 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
The Ainu of Hokkaido are metrically a population of short to medium stature. Compared to a diversity of other samples (Hindus, Japanese, Chinese, Canadian Eskimos and U. S. whites) Ainus tend to have a large surface area of the head and feet. The Ainu head tends to be large both in vertex‐chin dimensions and in coronal measurement, and the subcutaneous layer tends to be thick at both the cheek and chin. Ainus especially resemble Eskimos in their combination of a large head and small thighs. The percentage of body fat was estimated from deuterium oxide space in Ainu men and women. These percentages were closely comparable to those in other young adult samples in several ethnic groups, including a greater percentage of fat in Ainu females than in males. Although the body weight/height ratio and percentages of body fat in young Ainu adults indicate a satisfactory balance of caloric nutriture, their short stature suggests that their nutriture during gestation and childhood may be inadequate. Ainu adults show a relatively small sexual dimorphism of body weight
Adipose tissue · Anthropometry · Archaeology · Art · Biology · Chin · Foot (prosody) · Geography · Population · Sexual dimorphism · Sociology · Subcutaneous fat · Trunk · Zoology · Anatomy · Demography · Diet and metabolism studies · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Endocrinology · Medicine · Thermoregulation and physiological responses
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2012 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |