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'Gardasevic J, Masanovic B, Arifi F, 2019: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TIBIA LENGTH
MEASUREMENTS AND STANDING HEIGHT:
A PROSPECTIVE REGIONAL STUDY AMONG
ADOLESCENTS IN NORTHERN REGION
OF KOSOVO. Anthropologie (Brno) 57, 3: 263-269'. |
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| Abstract | | The purpose of this research is to examine standing height in Kosovan adolescents in the Northern Region
as well as its association with tibia length, as an alternative to estimate standing height. A total of 177 individuals (87
boys and 90 girls) participated in this research. Anthropometric measurements were taken according to the protocol
of ISAK. The relationship between standing height and tibia length was determined by using simple correlation
coefficients at a ninety-five percent confidence interval. A comparison of means of standing height and tibia length
between genders was performed using a t-test. After that a linear regression analysis was carried out to examine the
extent to which tibia length can reliably predict standing height. Results displayed that Northern Kosovan boys are
180.28 ± 5.71 cm tall and have a tibia length of 40.59 ± 2.68 cm, while Northern Kosovan girls are 165.36 ± 4.56 cm
tall and have a tibia length of 36.68 ± 2.05 cm. The results have shown that both sexes made Northern-Kosovans a tall
group, a little bit taller than boys and a little bit shorter than girls of the general Kosovan population. It turned out
that the tibia length reliably predicts standing height in adults. This study also aims to point out the necessity for
developing separate height models for each region in Kosovo as the results from Northern-Kosovans don’t correspond
to the general values. | | | | Keywords | | Prediction – Measurement – Stature – Tibia length – Kosovan | | | | DOI | | https://doi.org/10.26720/anthro.19.08.28.2 | | |
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