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4.3 Body dimension profiling

Body dimension profiling is the first process of anthropometric data analysis. From
the data, simple statistical analysis was conducted to analyze the data, and the data
illustrated the mean of height, weight, and important girth measurements such as bust,
waist, and hip. This table is important to give a general outlook of the data of certain
population as it represents the real sizes and shapes of the population of each country.
For the purpose of analysis and details of the anthropometric procedure to develop
sizing system, a sample population of female aged 13–17years old is used for
demonstration.

4.3.1 Size and shapes of female (13–17years old)
Table 4.2 summarizes the data of the critical body dimensions for upper and lower
body garments. These tables represent statistics for the measured sample population
of female (13–17years old). From Table 4.2 the tallest teenage girls (13–17years old)
from the sample are 170.6cm, and the shortest of height is approximately at 131.1cm.
The heaviest girl in is about 96.6kg, and the thinnest weighs only at 20kg. The SD of
the height and other variables are lower as compared with the girls (7–12years old),
which means that the variation of height and other body dimensions in this age group
is lower. Moreover, hip girth and bust girth showed higher variations as compared
with height. The 5th to 95th percentiles of the measurement for the sample size are
also shown in the table.

4.3.2 Growth distribution of female

In Fig. 4.2 the description of growth was illustrated. Growth trend for teenage girls
showed that the growth in vertical body dimensions started from age 13 and becomes
steady at the age of 15. From age 15 onwards the teenage girls have stopped growing.
Nonetheless, for horizontal dimensions, there is slight growth from age 13 to 15years
old but becomes steady from age 15 and above.

Table 4.2 Extreme values, SD, and percentile values of anthropometric measurements for
13–17-year-old Malaysian female children
Bust Hip Waist
Body Height Weight girth girth girth
dimensions (cm) (kg) (cm) (cm) (cm)

Minimum 131.1 20 58.5 65 49
Maximum 170.6 96.2 121.5 121.5 117
Percentiles 5th 142.61 33.51 69 76.10 55.74
50th 154.25 47.95 79.5 88 64
95th 165.01 76.54 98.5 108.44 86
Std. Deviation 6.80 13.07 9.60 9.69 9.80