Nationwide Stature Estimation From Armspan Measurements in Albanian Youngsters

SUMMARY: The purpose of this research is to examine stature in both Albanian sexes as well as its association with arm span, as an alternative to estimating stature. A total of 445 individuals (266 boys and 179 girls) participated in this research. The anthropometric measurements were taken accordin...

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Autores principales: Masanovic,Bojan, Popovic,Stevo, Jarani,Juel, Spahi,Andi, Bjelica,Dusko
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spelling oai:scielo:S0717-950220200002003822020-02-03Nationwide Stature Estimation From Armspan Measurements in Albanian YoungstersMasanovic,BojanPopovic,StevoJarani,JuelSpahi,AndiBjelica,Dusko Prediction Measurement Arm Span Arm Span Albania SUMMARY: The purpose of this research is to examine stature in both Albanian sexes as well as its association with arm span, as an alternative to estimating stature. A total of 445 individuals (266 boys and 179 girls) participated in this research. The anthropometric measurements were taken according to the protocol of ISAK. The relationships between stature and arm span were determined using simple correlation coefficients at a 95 % confidence interval. Then a linear regression analysis was carried out to examine extent to which arm span can reliably predict stature. Results displayed that Albanian boys are 176.57±7.36 cm tall and have an arm span of 179.98±9.41 cm, while Albanian girls are 166.84±9.28 cm tall and have an arm span of 167.53±10.34 cm. The results have shown that both sexes made Albanians a tall nation but not even close to their male compatriots from Kosovo that are almost 3 centimeters taller, while the results in female population are opposite. Moreover, the arm span reliably predicts stature in both sexes, which confirms a high R-square (%) for the boys (73.4) as well as for the girls (78.8).info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.38 n.2 20202020-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022020000200382en10.4067/S0717-95022020000200382
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collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Prediction
Measurement
Arm Span
Arm Span
Albania
spellingShingle Prediction
Measurement
Arm Span
Arm Span
Albania
Masanovic,Bojan
Popovic,Stevo
Jarani,Juel
Spahi,Andi
Bjelica,Dusko
Nationwide Stature Estimation From Armspan Measurements in Albanian Youngsters
description SUMMARY: The purpose of this research is to examine stature in both Albanian sexes as well as its association with arm span, as an alternative to estimating stature. A total of 445 individuals (266 boys and 179 girls) participated in this research. The anthropometric measurements were taken according to the protocol of ISAK. The relationships between stature and arm span were determined using simple correlation coefficients at a 95 % confidence interval. Then a linear regression analysis was carried out to examine extent to which arm span can reliably predict stature. Results displayed that Albanian boys are 176.57±7.36 cm tall and have an arm span of 179.98±9.41 cm, while Albanian girls are 166.84±9.28 cm tall and have an arm span of 167.53±10.34 cm. The results have shown that both sexes made Albanians a tall nation but not even close to their male compatriots from Kosovo that are almost 3 centimeters taller, while the results in female population are opposite. Moreover, the arm span reliably predicts stature in both sexes, which confirms a high R-square (%) for the boys (73.4) as well as for the girls (78.8).
author Masanovic,Bojan
Popovic,Stevo
Jarani,Juel
Spahi,Andi
Bjelica,Dusko
author_facet Masanovic,Bojan
Popovic,Stevo
Jarani,Juel
Spahi,Andi
Bjelica,Dusko
author_sort Masanovic,Bojan
title Nationwide Stature Estimation From Armspan Measurements in Albanian Youngsters
title_short Nationwide Stature Estimation From Armspan Measurements in Albanian Youngsters
title_full Nationwide Stature Estimation From Armspan Measurements in Albanian Youngsters
title_fullStr Nationwide Stature Estimation From Armspan Measurements in Albanian Youngsters
title_full_unstemmed Nationwide Stature Estimation From Armspan Measurements in Albanian Youngsters
title_sort nationwide stature estimation from armspan measurements in albanian youngsters
publisher Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate 2020
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022020000200382
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