The coast of giants: an anthropometric survey of high schoolers
on the Adriatic coast of Croatia

J 2019

The coast of giants: an anthropometric survey of high schoolers on the Adriatic coast of Croatia

GRASGRUBER, Pavel, Nikola STRAČÁROVÁ, Eduard HRAZDÍRA, Jan CACEK, Sylva HŘEBÍČKOVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

The coast of giants: an anthropometric survey of high schoolers on the Adriatic coast of Croatia

Authors

GRASGRUBER, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Nikola STRAČÁROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Eduard HRAZDÍRA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jan CACEK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Sylva HŘEBÍČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tomáš KALINA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Stipan PRCE (191 Croatia), Stevo POPOVIČ (688 Serbia), Predrag POTPARA (499 Montenegro) and Ivan DAVIDOVIC (688 Serbia)

Edition

PeerJ — the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences, 2019, 2167-8359

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30306 Sport and fitness sciences

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.379

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14510/19:00109674

Organization unit

Faculty of Sports Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6598

UT WoS

000464918100002

Keywords in English

Croatia; Dalmatia; Dinaric Alps; Height; Body proportions

Abstract

V originále

The aim of this anthropometric survey was to map regional differences in height and body proportions in eight counties adjacent to the Adriatic coast of Croatia. Body height was measured in 1,803 males and 782 females aged 17–20 years at 66 schools in 23 towns. When corrected for population size in regions, mean male height is 182.6 cm in all eight counties, 182.8 cm in seven counties of Adriatic Croatia, and 183.7 cm in four counties of Dalmatia proper. These results show that young men from Dalmatia are currently the tallest in the world in the age category of 18 years, and the north-to-south gradient of increasing stature on the Adriatic coast largely mirrors that in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).

Links

MUNI/A/1090/2016, interní kód MU

Name: Antropologický výzkum sportovního potenciálu v Dalmácii (Acronym: AntVyzSpPotDal)

Investor: Masaryk University, Anthropological Research of Sport Potential in Dalmatia, Category A

Citovat

GRASGRUBER, Pavel, Nikola STRAČÁROVÁ, Eduard HRAZDÍRA, Jan CACEK, Sylva HŘEBÍČKOVÁ, Tomáš KALINA, Stipan PRCE, Stevo POPOVIČ, Predrag POTPARA and Ivan DAVIDOVIC. The coast of giants: an anthropometric survey of high schoolers on the Adriatic coast of Croatia. PeerJ — the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences. 2019, vol. 7, e6598, p. 1-31. ISSN 2167-8359. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6598.

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GRASGRUBER, Pavel, Nikola STRAČÁROVÁ, Eduard HRAZDÍRA, Jan CACEK, Sylva HŘEBÍČKOVÁ, Tomáš KALINA, Stipan PRCE, Stevo POPOVIČ, Predrag POTPARA and Ivan DAVIDOVIC. The coast of giants: an anthropometric survey of high schoolers on the Adriatic coast of Croatia. \textit{PeerJ — the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences}. 2019, vol.~7, e6598, p.~1-31. ISSN~2167-8359. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6598.

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