The coast of giants: An anthropometric survey of high schoolers on the Adriatic coast of Croatia

Grasgruber, Pavel; Prce, Stipe; Stračárová, Nikola; Hrazdíra, Eduard; Cacek, Jan; Popović, Stevo; Hřebíčková, Sylva; Potpara, Predrag; Davidovič, Ivan

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“…In Montenegro, which is historically recognized as a habitat of above-average tall people (Bjelica et al, 2012;Milasinovic et al, 2016a,b;Grasgruber et al, 2017Grasgruber et al, , 2019, an increase in body height is also observable comparing average values at the beginning of the 20th century (Coon, 1939) with those from the 21st century (Popovic, 2017). However, increasing the average values of body height of successive generations is often considered to be a positive change, because some sources state that taller people may be more successful in school, earn more money, get better work positions, and similar (Popovic, 2018).…”

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Trends in Body Height, Body Weight, BMI, and Nutrition Status from 1979 to 1987: A Measurement-Based Analysis of 10,954 Male Adolescents from the Municipality of Bijelo Polje

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This study aimed to consolidate data regarding body height, body weight, body mass index, and nutrition status of the entire young male population from the Municipality of Bijelo Polje in order to estimate trends from 1979 to 1987. The sample of respondents includes 10,954 young males divided into nine groups. The measurement sample includes body height, body weight, and body mass index based on two previous measures. The descriptive statistics were expressed as a mean and standard deviation for each variable, while the analysis of nutrition status was done based on body mass index (underweight, normal weight, pre-obese, obese). The results showed that a secular trend in the observed study period is not visible regarding body height, body weight, and body mass index. The contribution of this study is reflected in the fact that there were no previously published data for this period and this municipality; the data can significantly aid in monitoring the secular trends throughout Montenegro.

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Trends in Body Height, Body Weight, BMI, and Nutrition Status from 1979 to 1987: A Measurement-Based Analysis of 10,954 Male Adolescents from the Municipality of Bijelo Polje

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“…The dimensional relationship between body parts and the whole body height is difficult or impossible because of deformities of the trunk or legs, fractures, lower limb amputation or contractures in patients who are unable to stand [3]. In such circumstances, an estimate of body height has to be derived from other reliable anthropometric indicators such as forearm length [4], hand and foot lengths [5][6][7], arm span [2,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14], knee height [15][16][17], sternal height [18][19][20], length of vertebral column [18,21,22], sitting height [23][24][25], scapula length [26][27][28], cranium [29,30] and facial measurements [5,31,32]. Estimation of stature plays an important role in the identification of individuals [33].…”

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Height Estimation using Arm Span as a Proxy among Ghanaians

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Height is an important anthropometric tool and most popular characteristic parameter employed in human identification. However, body height cannot always be ascertained by direct measurement due to various deformities of the extremities in patients with injuries. There is accumulating evidence to demonstrate the use of arm span measurements in the estimation of height but there is very little information on the use of arm span measurements in Ghana. Therefore, this study sought to determine the relationship between height, arm span and sex as well as the correlational efficiency of using arm span as a surrogate for height. This cross-sectional study recruited 716 participants [328 males and 388 females] aged 18 to 30 years. Ethical approval and informed participant consent were sought. Male participants were taller and had wider arm span than the females with a statistically significant value [p < 0.001]. The results also showed that, the mean arm span measurement was higher than the mean height measurement with values of males [arm span: 180.57 cm; height: 170.79 cm] and females [arm span: 168.60 cm; height: 161.19 cm]. There was a statistically significant strong positive correlation [p < 0.001] between the arm span and height in the male, female and pooled sample with “r” values of 0.815, 0.788 and 0.873 respectively. Sex-specific equations to predict height from arm span measurements among Ghanaians were established. This study has developed sex specific equations to predict height from arm span measurements and has proved that arm span can effectively predict height using regression equations. KEY WORDS: Height, Arm Span, Ghana, Identification, Forensic, Anthropometry.

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The coast of giants: An anthropometric survey of high schoolers on the Adriatic coast of Croatia

Abstract: The aim of this anthropometric survey was to map regional differences in height and body

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Trends in Body Height, Body Weight, BMI, and Nutrition Status from 1979 to 1987: A Measurement-Based Analysis of 10,954 Male Adolescents from the Municipality of Bijelo Polje

Trends in Body Height, Body Weight, BMI, and Nutrition Status from 1979 to 1987: A Measurement-Based Analysis of 10,954 Male Adolescents from the Municipality of Bijelo Polje

Height Estimation using Arm Span as a Proxy among Ghanaians

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