Anthropometry of Iranian Guidance School Students with Different Ethnicities: A Comparative Study

Table 5

Comparison of anthropometric dimensions between two genders.

Dimensions	Age (year)
	12			13			14
	Boys	Girls		Boys	Girls		Boys	Girls
Weight (kg)	39.87	41.66	<0.001	45.39	46.52	0.012	51.10	50.25	0.072
Body height (mm)	1476.74	1495.47	<0.001	1548.67	1534.53	<0.001	1610.12	1564.79	<0.001
Standing eye height (mm)	1357.33	1377.30	<0.001	1429.47	1415.04	<0.001	1595.45	1445.44	<0.001
Standing shoulder height (mm)	1210.52	1228.82	<0.001	1274.02	1262.73	<0.001	1331.22	1291.32	<0.001
Standing elbow height (mm)	912.94	922.81	<0.001	958.31	949.54	<0.001	999.61	967.63	<0.001
Chest depth (mm)	172.98	187.45	<0.001	183.02	201.90	<0.001	188.74	210.58	<0.001
Abdominal depth (mm)	160.97	168.87	<0.001	168.62	174.09	<0.001	173.51	175.92	0.058
Arm length (mm)	300.22	311.69	<0.001	318.65	320.43	0.071	333.17	327.26	<0.001
Forearm length (mm)	388.62	393.23	<0.001	413.74	404.92	<0.001	431.91	411.77	<0.001
Forearm-forearm distance (mm)	362.91	356.85	0.003	376.65	372.02	0.017	395.98	379.94	<0.001
Elbow-elbow distance (mm)	341.33	348.07	<0.001	358.98	362.27	0.090	375.04	369.22	0.004
Shoulder width (mm)	334.52	339.01	0.001	353.95	352.74	0.364	370.78	362.64	<0.001
Buttock width (mm)	276.07	291.18	<0.001	292.26	307.68	<0.001	304.88	318.17	<0.001
One-thigh thickness (mm)	103.77	105.71	0.064	110.57	113.89	0.001	116.91	116.28	0.521
Two-thigh thickness (mm)	208.88	201.19	<0.001	216.91	210.75	<0.001	224.05	216.12	<0.001
Popliteal height (mm)	371.82	362.56	<0.001	389.71	369.69	<0.001	404.71	375.55	<0.001
Knee height (mm)	465.70	452.58	<0.001	487.95	461.04	<0.001	505.18	467.97	<0.001
Buttock-popliteal length (mm)	381.77	401.25	<0.001	404.65	414.44	<0.001	420.62	424.76	0.002
Buttock-knee length (mm)	483.83	497.61	<0.001	509.46	513.36	0.017	527.07	525.32	0.242
Sitting height (mm)	759.22	775.88	<0.001	793.01	802.02	<0.001	824.39	821.03	0.087
Sitting eye height (mm)	643.93	660.97	<0.001	677.98	685.96	<0.001	711.48	702.42	<0.001
Sitting elbow height (mm)	189.27	197.21	<0.001	201.15	207.82	<0.001	210.07	216.91	<0.001