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      Nationwide Stature Estimation from Sitting Height Measurements in Kosovan Adolescents Translated title: Estimación de la Estatura a Partir de Mediciones de Altura Sentada en Adolescentes Kosovares

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          SUMMARY: The purpose of this research is to determine a regression equation for estimation of stature from sitting height measurements. This research was carried out on 1623 subjects (830 male and 793 female) among the population of Kosovan adolescents. The stature and sitting height measurements were taken according to the ISAK protocol, and the data were analyzed statistically; the relationships between stature and sitting height measurements were derived using simple correlation. A comparison of the means of sitting height measurements between sexes was performed using a t-test, while a linear regression analysis was employedto examine the extent to which sitting height measurements can reliably predict stature. The results of this research study confirmed that sitting height reliably predicts stature in both genders of Kosovan adolescents and revealed a very useful finding for physical anthropologists and experts from related fields.

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          RESUMEN: El propósito de esta investigación fue determinar una ecuación de regresión para la estimación de la estatura a partir de las medidas de altura sentada. Esta investigación se llevó a cabo en 1623 sujetos (830 hombres y 793 mujeres) en la población de adolescentes Kosovares. Las medidas de estatura y altura sentada se tomaron de acuerdo con el protocolo ISAK, y los datos se analizaron estadísticamente; las relaciones entre la estatura y las medidas de la altura sentada se derivaron utilizando una correlación simple. Se realizó una comparación de las medias de las mediciones de la altura al sentarse entre los sexos utilizando una prueba t, mientras que se empleó un análisis de regresión lineal para examinar hasta que punto las mediciones de la altura sentada pueden predecir la estatura de manera confiable. Los resultados de este estudio de investigación confirmaron que la altura sentada predice de forma confiable la estatura en ambos sexos de adolescentes Kosovares y reveló un hallazgo muy útil para antropólogos físicos y expertos de campos relacionados.

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          The use of arm span as a predictor of height: A study of South Indian women.

          This study was undertaken to find out the relationship between various body parameters to identify the measurement that correlates most closely to stature. Sitting height, standing height, arm span and leg lengths of 505 healthy women between the ages of 20 and 29 were measured. The relationship between the parameters was determined by computing correlation coefficients and 95% confidence intervals. The correlation between sitting height, arm span and leg length were poor (r=0.56 and 0.29 respectively), while the correlation of arm span and leg length with standing height were good (r=0.82 and 0.84 respectively). These estimations can be of use in quantifying the age related loss in stature and in identifying individuals with disproportionate growth abnormalities and skeletal dysplasias. It can also be useful to find out the alterations in the height of an individual that may occur due to progressive deformities of the spine. The adequacy of the correction of spinal deformities may also be facilitated by computing the ratio of arm span to standing height.
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            Body height and its estimation utilizing arm span measurements in Montenegro adults

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              Body Height and Its Estimation Utilizing Arm Span Measurements in Serbian Adults

              Anthropologists recognized the tallness of nations in the Dinaric Alps long time ago. As the modern Serbians fall more into the Dinaric racial classification than any other does, the purpose of this study was to examine the body height in Serbian adults as well as the relationship between arm span as an alternative to estimating the body height, which vary in different ethnic and racial groups. The nature and scope of this study analyzes 394 students (318 men, aged 20.13±1.47 and 76 women, aged 19.59±1.46) from the University of Novi Sad to be subjects. The anthropometric measurements were taken according to the protocol of the ISAK. Means and standard deviations were obtained. A comparison of means of body heights and arm spans within each gender group and between genders were carried out using a t-test. The relationships between body height and arm span were determined using simple correlation coefficients and their 95% confidence interval. Then a linear regression analysis was performed to examine the extent to which the arm span can reliably predict body height. The results have shown that male Serbians are 181.96±6.74 cm tall and have an arm span of 184.78±8.41 cm, while female Serbians are 166.82±5.88 cm tall and have an arm span of 164.67±8.09 cm. Compared to other studies, the results of this study have shown that both genders make Serbian population one of the tallest nations on the earth. Moreover, the arm span reliably predicts body height in both genders. However, the estimation equations, which were obtained in Serbians, are substantially different alike in other populations, since arm span was close to body heights: in men 2.82±4.89 cm more than the body height and in women 2.15±4.68 cm less than the body height. This confirms the necessity for developing separate height models for each population.
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                Role: ND
                Journal
                ijmorphol
                International Journal of Morphology
                Int. J. Morphol.
                Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía (Temuco, , Chile )
                0717-9502
                June 2019
                : 37
                : 2
                : 504-508
                Affiliations
                [1] Niksic orgnameUniversity of Montenegro orgdiv1Faculty for Sport and Physical Education Montenegro
                Article
                S0717-95022019000200504
                9fd30782-9a3f-4ee7-92e1-19c90d7dc91b

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 16 January 2019
                : 28 September 2018
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 27, Pages: 5
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                Anthropometry,Body height,Kosovo,Prediction,Antropometría,Peso corporal,Predicción

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