For a more objective classification of human corporal constitution and its systematic application, tentative criteria were e;tablished upon a through review of literature and a survey was conducted on 306 examinees to classify the corporal constitutional groups.
Upon the termination of above survey, an investigation for a provable inter-relationships between human corporal constitution classification vs. ABO blood group, Lewis blood group and ABH secretor status was conducted to determine possible correlationships between the two and the following results were obtained.
1. The distribution of the corporal constitution revealed that Soeum individuals account 49.3%, or the most, followed by; Taeum, _ 25.8%; Soyang, 18.0% and Taeyang, 6.9%.
2. As for the corporal constitution, 24.8% tended to be positive whilest 75.2%, negative and 75.5%, to be secretor of Lewis blood group substance compared to 24.5% of non-secretor.
3. As for the relationship between the human corporal constitution and Lewis phenotypes Le (a b-) se was found to be 65.0% of Taeyang individuals; Le (a- b-) Se, 73.7% among Taeeum individuals; Le (a- b+) Se, 87.3% of Soeum group and Le (a+ b-) se for 73.8% of Soyang group.
4. The distribution ratio of Lewis phenotypes was found to be closely related to that of pulmonary superiority vs. hepatic inferiority, hepatic superiority vs. pulmonary inferiority, splenic superiority vs. renal inferiority and renal superiority vs. splenic inferiority.
5. Lewis phenotype is considered, in view of the above results, to be of sufficiently high value as an objective absic datum for the human corporal constitution classification.
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