Determination of somatotype and body compositions of patients with pilonidal sinus

The aim of this study is to determine the somatotype and body compositions of patients with pilonidal sinus (PS) and to determine in which body structure pilonidal sinus is more common. 80 male patients diagnosed with PS were included in the study. 10 anthropometric measurements taken from patients with PS were taken to calculate somatotypes by using Heath-Carter method. Number of orifices, daily sitting time, fat ratio, muscle ratio, bone mass, length of hospital stay (LHS) and disease duration of patients with PS were recorded. 9 patients with central somatotype (median: 28 years), 47 endomorphic mesomorph patients (median: 35 years), 13 mesomorph endomorph patients (median: 27 years), 11 mesomorphic endomorph patients (median: 32 years) were found in the study. According to the Kruskall Wallis H test results, statistically significant differences were found between somatotypes in terms of weight, BMI, anthropometric measurements for calculating somatotype, somatotype components and muscle rate (p<0,05), while no statistically significant differences were found between somatotypes in terms of age and height (p>0,05). As a result of Post hoc test conducted to find out from which somatotype statistically significant differences in weight, BMI and muscle ratio values resulted, it was found that central somatotype caused statistically significant changes (p<0,05). It was found that patients with central somatotype had more abscess than other somatotypes (88,9%). According to Spearman's Rho correlation analysis results, it was concluded that the number of orifices was not affected by BMI, sitting time, fat ratio, muscle ratio, bone mass and disease duration. Keywords: Anthropometry, Body composition, Endomorphic mesomorph, Pilonidal sinus, Somatotype.