Table 5 Distribution of somatotype categories among different nutritional status
Somatotype categories | Nutritional Status | Total | Chi-Square | Sig. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Undernutrition | Normal | Overweight | ||||
Central | 0 (0.0) | 7 (4.3) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (2.1) | 283.160 | .000 |
Mesomorphic endomorph | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.2) | 2 (28.6) | 4 (1.2) | ||
Mesomorph-endomorph | 0 (0.0) | 6 (3.7) | 2 (28.6) | 8 (2.4) | ||
Endomorphic mesomorph | 0 (0.0) | 28 (17.4) | 3 (42.9) | 31 (9.3) | ||
Balanced mesomorph | 0 (0.0) | 30 (18.6) | 0 (0.0) | 30 (9.0) | ||
Ectomorphic mesomorph | 8 (4.8) | 34 (21.1) | 0 (0.0) | 42 (12.6) | ||
Mesomorph-ectomorph | 12 (7.2) | 36 (22.4) | 0 (0.0) | 48 (14.8) | ||
Mesomorphic ectomorph | 104 (62.7) | 12 (7.5) | 0 (0.0) | 116 (34.7) | ||
Balanced ectomorph | 35 (21.1) | 4 (2.5) | 0 (0.0) | 39 (11.7) | ||
Endomorphic ectomorph | 7 (4.2) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (2.4) | ||
Endomorph-ectomorph | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | ||
Total | 166 (49.7) | 161 (48.2) | 7 (2.1) | 334 (100.0) | ||