Stature and its Estimation Utilizing Arm Span Measurements in Kosovan Adults: National Survey

Abstract

SUMMARY:The purpose of this research is to examine stature in both Kosovan sexes as well as its association with arm span, as an alternative to estimating stature. A total of 1623 individuals (830 boys and 793 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 ninety-five percent confidence interval. Then a linear regression analysis was carried out to examine extent to which arm span can reliably predict stature. Results displayed that Kosovan boys are 179.52±5.96 cm tall and have an arm span of 181.29±7.02 cm, while Kosovan girls are 165.72±4.93 cm tall and have an arm span of 165.60±5.87 cm. The results have shown that both sexes made Kosovans a tall nation but not even close to be in the top tallest nations. Moreover, the arm span reliably predicts stature in both sexes.

Standing Height and its Estimation Utilizing Foot Length Measurements in Adolescents from Western Region in Kosovo

“…There are lots of scientific findings which confirms that the measurement of standing height is a vitally important variable when assessing nutritional status (cited in Arifi et al, 2017a;Datta Banik, 2011;, as well as when assessing the growth of children, evaluating the basic energy requirements, adjusting the measures of physical capacity and predicting the drug dosage and setting standards of physiological variables such as muscle strength, metabolic rate, lung volumes and glomerular filtration (Golshan, Amra, & Hoghogi, 2003;M. Golshan, Crapo, Amra, Jensen, & R. Golshan, 2007;Mohanty, Babu, & Nair, 2001;Ter Goon, Toriola, Musa, & Akusu, 2011).…”

Standing Height and its Estimation Utilizing Arm Spam and Foot Length Measurements in Dinaric Alps Population: A Systematic Review

“…A great number of studies have shown that body height measurement is a valuable factor which is highly aff ective on the state of nutrition in adults (cited in Arifi et al, 2017a;, as well as for estimating the growth rate in children, evaluating the basic energy needs, adjusting the physical capacity measures, as well as for estimating the amount of taking certain medications and a number of other things, such as muscle strength assessment, metabolic processes, lung capacity, and the like. (Golshan, Amra, & Hoghogi, 2003;M.…”

Relationship between Foot Length Measurements and Body Height: A Prospective Regional Study among Adolescents in Eastern Region of Kosovo

“…All above-mentioned have confi rmed the necessity for developing separate standing height models for each population on account of ethnic diff erences and the recent study conducted by Popovic and his collaborators (Popovic et al, 2017a; who have analyzed the entire Kosovan population and have found specifi c correlation coeffi cient in Kosovan male (r=0.669) and female (r=0.625) population; however, some recent studies have also confi rmed the regional diff erences between the same ethnic groups too (Arifi , 2013;Arifi et al, 2017b;Milasinovic et al, 2016a;Milasinovic et al, 2016b;Popovic et al, 2017b), which caused the need for additional caution, mostly due to the reason one of them was sampled by Western-Kosovans. Th erefore, the main goal of this research was to test the hypothesis if above-mentioned facts are true for the Eastern-Kosovans, that is, for the one of fi ve Kosovan regions.…”

“…Th e mentioned variations might be the case with foot length predictions too, mostly due to the fact that the Dinaric Alps population has specifi c body composition than national as well as regional point of view (Popovic, 2017). Even though many studies with this essence are available on neighboring countries as well as worldwide population, only narrow data is available on Kosovan subjects, just one conducted by Popovic, Arifi and Bjelica (2017a;) that has covered whole Kosovan population, and one regional analyses that confi rmed Western-Kosovans have specifi c standing height/foot length ratio, comparing to general population in Kosovo (Popovic, Gardasevic, Masanovic, Arifi , & Bjelica, 2017b;Masanovic, Gardasevic, & Arifi , 2018). Considering rather sparse recent scientifi c literature, the purpose of this research was to examine the standing height in both Eastern-Kosovan genders and its association with foot length.…”

“…Th ere are lots of scientifi c fi ndings which confi rms that the measurement of standing height is a vitally important variable when assessing nutritional status (Arifi et al, 2017a;DattaBanik, 2011;, as well as when assessing the growth of children, evaluating the basic energy requirements, adjusting the measures of physical capacity and predicting the drug dosage and setting standards of physio-…”