The mountains of giants: an anthropometric survey of male youths in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14510%2F17%3A00096711" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14510/17:00096711 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/4/161054" target="_blank" >http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/4/161054</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.161054" target="_blank" >10.1098/rsos.161054</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The mountains of giants: an anthropometric survey of male youths in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Original language description
The aim of this anthropometric survey, conducted between 2015 and 2016 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), was to map local geographical differences in male stature and some other anthropometric characteristics (sitting height, arm span). In addition, to investigate the main environmental factors influencing physical growth, the documented values of height would be compared with available nutritional and socioeconomic statistics. Anthropometric data were collected in 3192 boys aged approximately 18.3 years (17–20 years), from 97 schools in 37 towns. When corrected for population size in the examined regions, the average height of young males in BiH is 181.2cm (181.4cm in the Bosniak-Croat Federation, 180.9cm in Republika Srpska). The regional variation is considerable—from 179.7cm in the region of Doboj to 184.5cm in the region of Trebinje. These results fill a long-term gap in the anthropological research of the Western Balkans and confirm older reports that the population of the Dinaric Alps is distinguished by extraordinary physical stature. Together with the Dutch, Montenegrins and Dalmatians, men from Herzegovina (183.4cm) can be regarded as the tallest in the world. Because both nutritional standards and socioeconomic conditions are still deeply suboptimal, the most likely explanation of this exceptional height lies in specific genetic factors associated with the spread of Y haplogroup I-M170. The genetic potential for height in this region could then be the greatest in the world. Future studies should further elucidate the roots of this intriguing phenomenon, which touches an important aspect of human biodiversity.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30306 - Sport and fitness sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Royal Society Open Science
ISSN
2054-5703
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Volume of the periodical
2017
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2017
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
000400527200021
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85018634151