拉萨市藏族青少年体型的Heath-Carter法研究

目的：探讨藏族青少年体型的发育特征及其规律。方法：应用Heath-Caner法，对拉萨市1539名青少年进行体型评价。结果：藏族青少年男性的体型为偏中胚层的外胚层型(2．5-3．1-3．8)，女性为外胚层一内胚层均衡型(3．7-2．6-3．4)；男性由中间型向偏中胚层的外胚层型发展，女性从中间型经历均衡的外胚层型发展为均衡的内胚层型。结论：藏族青少年男女性问体型发育存在着显著的差异；在青春期之前，藏族青少年的体型与汉族和壮族相似；进入青春期后，藏族男性青少年具有自己独特的体型特征，藏族女性青少年与汉族、壮族和芬兰人的体型相似。

A study on the somatotype of Lahsa Tibetan adolescents by Heath-Carter method

Objective: To study the characteristics and regularities of somatotype growth of Tibetan adolescents. Methods:The somatotype growth of 1539 Tibetan adolescents in Lasa was evaluated by Heath-Carter method.Results: The average somatotype of Tibetan adolescents in male was mesomorphic ectomorph (2.5-3.1-3.8);in female, the average somatotype was ectomorph-endomorph (3.7-2.6-3.4). The somatotypes develop from central to mesomorphic ectomorph in male, however, in female from central, balanced ectomorph, ectomorph-endomorph ectomorphic endomorph to balanced endomorph.Conclusion:The somatotypes of Tibetan adolescents are very different between male and female. Before puberty, the somatotypes of Tibetan adolescents are similar to Han nationality and Zhuang nationality; after puberty, the somatotypes of fermale Tibetan adolescents are similar to Han nationality, Zhuang nationality and Finn, however the somatotypes of Tibetan adolescents in male are special and different from the other eight groups.