On systematisation of Estonians’ body build data

Kaarma, Helje; Veldre, Gudrun; Saluste, Liidia; Lintsi, Mart; Kasmel, Jaan; Tiit, Ene‐Margit; Stamm, Raini; Toomsalu, Maie; Arend, Andres

doi:10.12697/poa.2017.26.1.01

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“…We compared the anthropometric data -height and weight -of the subjects of this study with the latest normative values of the Estonian population according to Kaarma et al [9]. An interesting observation was made here that the entrants were taller than the normative values of men aged 20-24 in Estonia (t=2.386, p 0.05).…”

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“…The position of modern researchers is that body height of a person is an important signal of person's functioning and condition [12]. We were interested in investigating which somatotypes appear in the entrants when classifying them in the SD-height and weight classes published by Kaarma et al [9]. In the above-mentioned article, Kaarma et al, classify Estonian subjects into nine classes.…”

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“…Kaarma et al [9,10] recently published two important papers concerning Estonians' anthropology -based on women's and men's height and weight data, the means of Estonian women and men aged 20-70 years, the national norms and also the classification of somatotypes of body build were presented. The second work concerns the height and weight norms and somatotypic heightweight classification of contemporary schoolchildren (10 062 boys and 11 204 girls) aged 7-18 years.…”

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On anthropometric data of the male student candidates of the Institute of Sport Sciences and Physiotherapy at the University of Tartu in 2017

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The purpose of this study was to investigate some anthropometric variables of student candidates of the Institute of Sport Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu in 2017. All anthropometric measurements were made according to the recommendations of R. Martin [7]. Comparison of the height and weight data of the studied subjects with the height and weight norms of Estonia provided by Kaarma et al. [9] revealed that the entrants were taller in height but with the same average weight. In our study, the somatotypes recommended by Kaarma et al. [9] were used for the first time on entrants to the university. Our study found that male student candidates’ body somatotypes were divided into SD classes as follows: small 8.6%, medium 22.9%, large 18.6%; subtypes of pycnomorphic somatotypes: 7.1% in class I, 1.4% in class II, and 8.6% in class III; leptomorphic somatotypes were divided: 11.4% in class I, none in class II and 31.4% in class III. Based on the recommendations of several authors, we calculated the ideal body weight for all the entrants enrolled in the study. Comparison of the average body weight of entrants with the average weight calculated using the ideal weight method revealed an interesting situation. Namely, the mean values calculated using the Devine (1974) formula did not differ statistically significantly from the mean of the measured weights (t=0.101, p> 0.05). Neither did Devine’s (1974) ideal weight and BMI, Rohrer’s index and ponderal index calculated from it, and the body surface calculated according to the formulas of Dubois and Dubois and Mosteller differ from the actual figures.

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On anthropometric data of the male student candidates of the Institute of Sport Sciences and Physiotherapy at the University of Tartu in 2017

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“…Th at unifi ed classifi cation for characterization of body build consists of the following fi ve classes: small, medium, large, pycnomorphs, leptomorphs. Th e classes of pycnomorphs and leptomorphs were respectively divided into three subclasses [6,7].…”

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Study on anthropometric measurements of school-aged boys in Pärnu city

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In 2018, a study on boys’ anthropometry was conducted in Pärnu Koidula Gymnasium (referred to as PKG) as a school research project. 214 highschool boys, aged 17–19 years, participated in the study. The young men of PKG have thicker but shorter legs than the boys measured by Juhan Aul 1932–1940. Compared to the norms developed in 2017 by Kaarma et al. [6], the 17-year-old boys of PKG are on average 3 cm taller and 5.1 kg heavier, the 18-year-old boys do not differ so much from the standards. The 17-yearolds’ trunk index mean value has a statistically significantly lower value compared to the 18-year-olds (mean difference –0.897, p=0.031). The somatotypes classification analysis showed that the number of 17-year-old boys in the LARGE class is three times higher compared to the 2017 norms. The number of 18-year-olds in pycnomorfs 3 (P3) class is twice as much as the number of boys reported in the norms. Some anthropometrical indexes are more related to the SD classifications than others are. Compared to earlier measurements, the current results reported similar acceleration as other researchers had.

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“…In Issue 1 of our journal Papers on Anthropology of the previous year (2017), we presented the mean values of height and weight of adult Estonian population (aged 20-70 years) as national norms and somatotypic classifications for men and women of each year of age [1].…”

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