ArticleFrontiers in physiology2025
Beyond somatotype categories: composition-based clustering of body types in young adults.
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Background and aims: Somatotype analysis classifies individuals into 13 categories based on unique combinations of the three principal components: endomorphy, mesomorphy, and ectomorphy. This study aimed to examine sex-related differences and intra-category variability within somatotype classifications, and to characterize body composition patterns in the general population. Methods: Anthropometric data were collected from 185 males and 156 females aged 18-40 years to estimate somatotype, fat mass index (FMI), and skeletal muscle index (SMI). Sex differences were evaluated with Hotelling's T Results: Men exhibited an Endomorphic-Mesomorph somatotype, whereas women displayed an Mesomorph-Endomorph profile. Hotelling's T Conclusion: These findings highlight pronounced sex-related differences, considerable intra-category variability, and distinct body composition patterns across somatotypes in the general population. Notably, although individuals classified within the same somatotype can still present heterogeneous body shapes, the Endomorphic-Mesomorph profile distinctly characterizes males with moderate fat mass and higher muscle mass.
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