Since 1966，a series of body measurement have been undertaken for obtaining basic data with which to determine standard sizes for ready to wear clothes. In July，1972，we measured 1079 adult men and women aged 25-65 who lived in the Hiroshima district. The result of measurement of 543 adult women was reported in The Hiroshima Jogakuin Women's College Builetin，No. 23. The present papers deal with the measurement of 536 adult men.
1. The mean values in the length items excluding total crotch length，in the width items and weight showed a general decrease as age increased. But the age group of 50-54 years showed larger mean values in the length items and weight. As for the girth items，there was no remarkable difference among the age groups except that waist girth was larger in the older age groups. There was no remarkable difference of mean values between the Hiroshima district and
the whole country except that the former showed slightly smaller values in total crotch length and larger values in iliospinale height，back waist length，bust girth，waist girth and weight. Coefficients of vanation were the smallest in head girth. In the other girth items they became larger as age increased and largest in weight.
2. The ratio of stature to the length items，the width items or to weight showed little
difference among the age groups. To the girth items excluding neckbase girth，however，the ratio was larger in the older age groups. The ratio of bust girth to the items excluding total crotch length，waist girth and thigh girth was small in the older age groups. 3. When the five items were compared between the group of 25-29 and the other groups，It was found that most items showed a similar tendency to that in stature. The shoulder length in the group of 55-65 years was as small as 96% of that in the group of 25-29. Total crotch length and waist girth came close to those in the group of 25-29 years. Waist girth increased as age increased，with am aximum of 107% at the age of 55-65. 4. A comparison between the older age groups excluding 50-54 years and the younger age groups showed that the former were smaller in stature and shoulder width， and larger in waist girth. This shows that the older age groups have fat and cylindrical body types，which tendency is nearly the same with that in the national measurement. In the Hiroshima district，however，the group of 50-54 years showed rather larger values in the length items
and they were nearly the same with the group of 25-29 years in almost all the other
items，which shows that this group have rather slender body types.