The assessment of the
body height was carried out taking into account the gender and age of patients on the basis of Z-score tables according to WHO recommendations [11].
For
body height, the mean measurements at 12, 24, and 36 months and their percentage in relation to measurements at 36 months are shown in Table 2.
Table 4: Average
Body Height (cm) of Male Kids of Teddy Breed Reared under Two Management Systems
Boys had higher values of
body height, body weight and selected indexes--WHR, AMC and FFM.
Body condition scoring: Body sizes (
body height, body length and chest girth in cm) were determined at 25th day of every month.
Mandibular growth as related to cervical vertebral maturation and
body height. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2000; 118: 5-40.
Overall, the results indicate a significant increase in bone length of humerus (p<0.001), femur (p<0.001) and tibia (p<0.001) between Bosnian, Croatian and Slovenian males over a period of 40 years, which could influence the increase in
body height.
[1] Several studies have investigated the influence of anthropometrical parameters such as
body height, body mass, skeletal mass, and body mass index (BMI) to the BMC and BMD.
body mass, body fat, skin-fold thicknesses,
body height, length and circumferences of limbs), training characteristics (i.e.
"South Africa have huge men with a phenomenal mauling, line-out and scrummaging game but in the breakdown they were slightly behind in
body height and coping at that level.
"We conclude that measurement of muscle mass relative to
body height should be added to the toolbox of clinicians caring for older adults.
Other reasons for these findings might be anthropometric characteristics predicting swimming speed such as
body height [2325].
