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<italic>Study aim</italic>: The aim of the study was to perform an anthropometric analysis of children of the minority population of younger school age from eastern Slovakia.
<italic>Material and methods</italic>: The main aim of the study was to perform an anthropometric analysis of 6–10-year-old Romany children at primary schools in eastern Slovakia. In the study, we evaluated twenty measured anthropometric parameters in a group that consisted of 150 children (59 boys and 91 girls).
<italic>Results</italic>: We compared the differences between the sexes and evaluated the body size effect between sexes. We found that in most of the measured parameters, the boys had higher average values.
<italic>Conclusions</italic>: Our results confirmed differences in size for most somatic characteristics in the minority Slovak population. However, in order to confirm the findings, it will be necessary in future to evaluate a larger sample of children from Slovakia.
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Study aim: The aim of the study was to perform an anthropometric analysis of children of the minority population of younger school age from eastern Slovakia.
Material and methods: The main aim of the study was to perform an anthropometric analysis of 6–10-year-old Romany children at primary schools in eastern Slovakia. In the study, we evaluated twenty measured anthropometric parameters in a group that consisted of 150 children (59 boys and 91 girls).
Results: We compared the differences between the sexes and evaluated the body size effect between sexes. We found that in most of the measured parameters, the boys had higher average values.
Conclusions: Our results confirmed differences in size for most somatic characteristics in the minority Slovak population. However, in order to confirm the findings, it will be necessary in future to evaluate a larger sample of children from Slovakia.

Anthropometry of Romany school age children from eastern Slovakia

Department of Biology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences

Department of Music, Art and Physical Education, Faculty of Education

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: The aim of the study was to perform an anthropometric analysis of children of the minority population of younger school age from eastern...

Anthropometry of Romany school age children from eastern Slovakia

Published Online: Apr 21, 2023

Page range: 99 - 112

Received: Jan 17, 2022

Accepted: Nov 20, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2023-0013

Keywords
Variability, Sex differences, Anthropometric parameters, OLS regression

© 2023 Silvia Duranková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Anthropometry of Romany school age children from eastern Slovakia

Published Online: Apr 21, 2023

Page range: 99 - 112

Received: Jan 17, 2022

Accepted: Nov 20, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2023-0013

KeywordsVariability, Sex differences, Anthropometric parameters, OLS regression

© 2023 Silvia Duranková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Variability, Sex differences, Anthropometric parameters, OLS regression