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10-27-2012, 09:24 PM
The unusual height of Montenegrin inhabitants of the highland region has been recognised
by European anthropologists more than 100 years ago. In light of rather sparse recent
scientific literature, the purpose of this research study was to examine the body height in
both sexes of Montenegrin adults nowadays. Furthermore, the relationship between arm
span and body height, which varies in different ethnic and racial groups, was used as an
alternative to estimating the body height for some groups of the population. The nature
and scope of this study analyses 285 students (178 men, aged 20.97±2.44 and 107 women,
aged 20.86±2.63) from the University of Montenegro. The anthropometric measurements
were taken according to the protocol of the International Society for the Advancement of
Kinanthropometry (ISAK). Means and standard deviations were obtained. A comparison
of means of body heights and arm spans within and between the sexes 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. A linear regression
analysis was then performed to examine the extent to which arm span can reliably predict
body height. The results have shown that male Montenegrins are 183.21±7.06 centimetres
tall and have an arm span of 185.71±8.17 centimetres, while female Montenegrins are
168.37±5.27 centimetres tall and have an arm span of 168.13±6.58 centimetres. Comparing
the results with other studies has shown that both sexes of Montenegrins make Montenegro
the second tallest nation in the world, while arm span reliably predicts body height in both
sexes. However, the estimation equations that have been obtained among the Montenegrins
are substantially different than in all other populations, since arm span was close to body
height: in males 2.50±4.15 centimetres more than the body height and in females 0.24±3.88
centimetres less than the body height. This confirms the necessity for developing separate
height models for each population on account of ethnic differences.
KEYWORDS: prediction, standing height, stature, arm span, Montenegro
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by European anthropologists more than 100 years ago. In light of rather sparse recent
scientific literature, the purpose of this research study was to examine the body height in
both sexes of Montenegrin adults nowadays. Furthermore, the relationship between arm
span and body height, which varies in different ethnic and racial groups, was used as an
alternative to estimating the body height for some groups of the population. The nature
and scope of this study analyses 285 students (178 men, aged 20.97±2.44 and 107 women,
aged 20.86±2.63) from the University of Montenegro. The anthropometric measurements
were taken according to the protocol of the International Society for the Advancement of
Kinanthropometry (ISAK). Means and standard deviations were obtained. A comparison
of means of body heights and arm spans within and between the sexes 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. A linear regression
analysis was then performed to examine the extent to which arm span can reliably predict
body height. The results have shown that male Montenegrins are 183.21±7.06 centimetres
tall and have an arm span of 185.71±8.17 centimetres, while female Montenegrins are
168.37±5.27 centimetres tall and have an arm span of 168.13±6.58 centimetres. Comparing
the results with other studies has shown that both sexes of Montenegrins make Montenegro
the second tallest nation in the world, while arm span reliably predicts body height in both
sexes. However, the estimation equations that have been obtained among the Montenegrins
are substantially different than in all other populations, since arm span was close to body
height: in males 2.50±4.15 centimetres more than the body height and in females 0.24±3.88
centimetres less than the body height. This confirms the necessity for developing separate
height models for each population on account of ethnic differences.
KEYWORDS: prediction, standing height, stature, arm span, Montenegro
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