A Pilot Study of Gender Differences on Anthropometric Measurements in Singapore Population

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Abstract

This pilot study aims to collect 37 body dimensions within 12 standing and 25 sitting posture from 100 subjects and to investigate the gender difference of the subjects, aged from 17 to 60 years old. The mean stature, weight, and body mass index were 173.2 cm, 69.5 kg and 23.2 kg/m2 for the Singapore males, and 161.1 cm, 56.8 kg and 21.9 kg/m2 for the Singapore females, respectively. The t-test results showed that gender effect was significant in 36 measurements, except sitting elbow height, chest depth and head breadth. Singapore males had larger body dimensions than females; differences between genders were about 0.7 to 17.4 cm. In addition, the correlations between selected dimensions was also demonstrated. Overall, the anthropometric data of this study can be utilized in ergonomic product, equipment and workstation design.

Keywords

Gender difference Body dimensions Anthropometry Singaporean 
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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Ministry of Education, Singapore, under Research Project Number: 2013-T1-002-068. We would like to thank Mr. Jerome Low for his assistance in collecting data.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.School of Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore

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