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

Table 3

Mean anthropometric dimensions in Iranian ethnicities.

Dimensions	Age	Ethnicity
		Fars		Kurd		Lor		Baluch		Turk		Arab
		Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
Weight (kg)	12	41.82	43.10	37.49	42.51	39.08	41.62	32.13	37.83	44.26	42.12	40.67	44.89
	13	47.65	48.11	43.79	48.18	44.37	47.61	37.39	40.74	49.36	46.99	47.45	48.58
	14	54.66	52.22	49.74	50.65	52.58	51.54	41.50	44.05	57.80	49.98	51.81	52.13
Body height (mm)	12	1490.86	1497.77	1456.08	1499.94	1458.01	1490.85	1425.42	1484.14	1512.40	1501.73	1492.57	1507.19
	13	1559.82	1534.32	1524.44	1543.77	1536.12	1541.77	1505.20	1516.03	1591.87	1536.91	1563.90	1537.40
	14	1644.30	1570.52	1596.20	1572.03	1610.86	1572.75	1546.52	1540.60	1659.72	1573.89	1608.75	1559.33
Standing eye height (mm)	12	1375.04	1376.95	1335.42	1380.85	1342.33	1372.79	1315.47	1372.70	1393.55	1382.12	1359.73	1383.48
	13	1444.75	1415.34	1402.11	1422.23	1422.51	1418.64	1392.93	1402.20	1471.36	1416.91	1435.21	1417.21
	14	1533.58	1453.80	1472.63	1449.84	1499.89	1452.45	1435.80	1431.15	1543.58	1451.46	1490.81	1435.51
Standing shoulder height (mm)	12	1226.35	1242.77	1184.40	1230.11	1198.76	1224.29	1169.08	1217.87	1244.18	1222.74	1216.82	1246.66
	13	1286.54	1276.84	1249.53	1271.05	1267.62	1272.54	1241.46	1243.80	1311.57	1242.91	1280.25	1272.66
	14	1361.47	1310.18	1313.06	1293.96	1338.04	1300.85	1275.40	1269.59	1376.11	1277.86	1328.06	1292.00
Standing elbow height (mm)	12	911.77	922.54	881.08	921.85	913.61	903.89	880.41	947.74	936.98	918.15	932.59	925.42
	13	951.90	946.31	929.16	949.55	961.54	934.32	929.19	973.69	987.82	934.33	982.45	955.97
	14	1016.00	968.78	975.64	958.71	1010.05	957.90	961.47	986.44	1035.43	962.66	1005.96	970.58
Chest depth (mm)	12	175.79	182.57	174.40	197.53	163.52	178.91	161.12	175.33	186.11	200.01	173.30	201.15
	13	185.68	197.94	183.12	212.41	172.73	192.97	172.33	188.36	193.55	214.96	187.98	208.59
	14	191.57	206.81	192.82	220.14	184.07	197.00	174.03	197.62	203.95	224.55	197.87	215.22
Abdominal depth (mm)	12	170.65	164.63	163.26	175.73	153.65	178.87	144.39	157.27	165.12	164.70	162.71	171.10
	13	178.15	169.24	173.63	185.73	159.82	188.78	150.42	158.81	169.62	169.97	173.89	175.76
	14	184.40	170.61	179.17	186.06	170.43	189.80	155.45	161.37	179.63	172.75	172.24	175.67
Arm length (mm)	12	298.61	316.74	304.09	313.38	294.05	307.95	298.36	311.76	312.76	306.25	294.38	318.20
	13	313.87	325.83	322.29	324.85	312.64	316.47	316.03	318.21	330.14	314.11	317.24	324.43
	14	330.11	333.23	339.14	329.54	329.07	322.39	327.34	326.64	348.40	319.85	323.58	329.68
Forearm length (mm)	12	387.78	384.21	389.38	400.02	380.88	394.36	375.95	385.21	405.22	396.41	388.52	402.93
	13	413.76	397.42	410.39	409.96	404.97	409.35	406.22	391.71	428.85	409.48	417.16	413.42
	14	437.87	402.45	432.13	417.43	426.03	412.39	419.62	405.94	448.92	415.45	426.31	416.62
Forearm-forearm distance (mm)	12	398.77	376.28	357.38	348.48	348.94	325.97	320.41	339.58	395.67	402.30	336.00	372.69
	13	418.32	388.50	376.15	359.24	356.16	343.11	337.99	343.08	405.85	418.39	357.01	389.10
	14	439.14	396.52	396.49	363.65	381.08	335.16	347.75	356.49	436.97	420.52	364.43	398.10
Elbow-elbow distance (mm)	12	369.51	315.78	370.35	361.05	330.13	349.27	315.69	336.93	359.99	358.58	298.33	373.81
	13	385.50	328.14	392.87	373.74	343.52	370.31	330.41	341.54	372.11	373.66	323.21	388.05
	14	403.61	334.42	413.43	380.86	363.91	385.85	342.07	357.91	395.26	377.19	348.88	395.76
Shoulder width (mm)	12	349.75	358.21	335.59	338.26	321.23	335.04	321.56	339.74	345.89	318.35	328.16	351.73
	13	374.75	371.54	351.41	352.25	338.28	353.13	337.21	348.54	364.68	329.78	353.24	362.76
	14	391.89	381.17	367.98	357.77	363.04	355.35	350.30	362.66	387.34	338.25	360.29	373.77
Buttock width (mm)	12	271.13	287.44	288.48	306.60	272.24	281.33	257.47	270.18	293.11	311.90	270.42	303.22
	13	285.79	298.86	302.34	326.50	286.74	299.75	274.60	279.53	307.81	327.75	291.82	320.23
	14	298.46	311.58	317.28	331.76	310.21	300.17	283.53	289.00	328.26	340.32	293.12	331.32
One-thigh thickness (mm)	12	112.87	98.82	105.74	118.14	99.86	78.13	93.63	116.91	108.76	111.33	97.82	112.74
	13	121.78	105.33	111.60	117.27	107.86	90.30	94.31	113.33	115.70	117.60	107.52	122.76
	14	126.73	107.85	117.96	127.38	120.54	84.99	100.47	117.38	124.25	122.42	110.52	123.89
Two-thigh thickness (mm)	12	235.50	205.66	197.12	225.26	187.18	188.58	181.69	198.63	220.99	199.89	216.83	195.36
	13	237.34	215.24	207.51	240.77	196.96	204.00	181.67	196.53	226.23	209.41	240.14	203.31
	14	246.63	221.75	218.27	243.07	216.95	202.79	187.47	202.75	245.96	216.77	234.86	208.19
Popliteal height (mm)	12	352.09	356.37	372.23	361.59	375.24	355.82	382.83	364.77	381.76	370.56	372.96	370.15
	13	362.44	361.22	391.80	365.01	400.04	368.60	399.86	367.46	400.74	373.84	387.65	381.98
	14	380.76	366.19	410.10	374.44	415.21	368.53	410.14	380.50	413.07	377.69	403.25	384.58
Knee height (mm)	12	451.95	459.00	461.38	454.28	452.37	441.41	471.86	467.86	481.35	452.87	479.10	437.53
	13	471.68	467.32	486.19	458.46	480.35	458.55	480.65	473.10	502.57	458.00	504.30	449.05
	14	493.72	475.90	509.29	468.12	503.09	466.16	493.60	483.86	525.35	467.28	513.52	457.85
Buttock-popliteal length (mm)	12	364.23	408.00	406.28	416.28	370.61	398.52	364.81	389.31	387.45	396.56	399.81	405.98
	13	382.48	414.51	427.20	428.27	392.33	414.55	388.41	404.90	406.16	408.33	424.70	418.36
	14	407.76	425.40	446.78	437.97	415.54	422.28	403.49	409.54	426.31	421.20	431.78	429.32
Buttock-knee length (mm)	12	486.69	505.09	482.40	508.31	466.82	508.94	452.87	472.63	501.40	489.27	501.77	506.70
	13	508.08	518.57	506.97	520.51	493.52	527.25	478.76	490.34	527.35	503.16	532.63	523.74
	14	533.86	533.07	529.34	531.68	523.58	535.22	493.40	500.15	552.88	516.65	537.82	531.57
Sitting height (mm)	12	764.40	785.48	769.60	777.89	771.63	766.08	711.96	757.13	769.91	787.48	750.34	797.83
	13	801.90	807.71	799.11	812.21	799.69	791.35	751.96	778.63	815.73	809.08	779.43	819.52
	14	846.56	833.61	828.51	824.04	838.42	806.45	780.54	793.99	843.50	833.32	807.22	829.08
Sitting eye height (mm)	12	649.02	666.29	652.16	665.79	656.78	654.02	611.73	643.48	650.04	674.43	631.37	673.75
	13	690.35	691.79	679.58	697.27	686.91	671.35	649.86	666.78	697.43	695.54	657.72	698.72
	14	738.26	716.01	709.34	705.27	725.32	678.15	674.86	681.71	726.78	719.01	688.72	708.42
Sitting elbow height (mm)	12	173.00	199.24	195.98	189.32	203.30	174.70	179.40	217.07	201.40	205.59	180.52	204.00
	13	186.09	208.08	204.85	196.01	212.59	182.92	190.27	230.83	232.80	214.28	180.71	212.76
	14	200.36	222.90	211.33	200.24	221.68	185.70	205.21	238.60	231.57	231.65	186.74	220.41

Bold and italic prints show the highest and lowest values, respectively, in each age group and gender.