Differences in anthropological characteristics and body weight of boys and girls

Branko, Krsmanović, Maja, Batez, Tijana

Glasnik Antropološkog društva Srbije

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1820-7936

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2011-2021/11/01/13:25:45

Transversal research with a goal of determining differences in the parameters of growth and development between boys and girls of younger school age was conducted on a sample of 210 pupils from Novi Sad, divided on a sub-sample of 93 boys and sub-sample of 117 girls, 10. 4 years of age. Measured were 11 anthropometric variables for estimating the longitudinal and transversal dimensionality of the skeleton, body mass (by the IBP manual) and body weight (body mass index, BMI kg/m2). Basic statistical parameters for the anthropometric variables and body mass index were calculated. Differences in parameters of growth and development between sexes were analyzed by the multivariate analysis of variance, univariate analysis of the variance and discriminative analysis. Statistically significant differences have been found in the length of the arm and in the circumference of the lower arm in favor of boys. Indicators of growth and devel­opment obtained in this research point to the similarity with the results of researches of the same age, Bigović (2004), Bigović, Krsmanović, Jasnić, Dolga, Pelemiš (2004), Bigović (2006), Bigović, Obradović, T, Krsmanović (2007). Data obtained on body weight on the basis of the body mass index (BMI) are similar to those of research of Rakić (2009).