Positive Secular Trend in Slovak Population Urges on Updates of Functional Dimensions of Furniture

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/10/3474" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/10/3474</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10103474" target="_blank" >10.3390/su10103474</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Positive Secular Trend in Slovak Population Urges on Updates of Functional Dimensions of Furniture

Original language description

The presented study is focused on the evaluation of the changes in weight and height of the adult population in Slovakia to provide updated information on the secular growth trend. The main objective was to identify and quantify the pace of gradual changes in the dimensions of the Slovak adult population, which is key ergonomic information for multiple disciplines. The measurements of weights, heights and body mass indices of the current adult population of Slovakia ranging from 26 to 94 years of age that were obtained in period 1993-2017 were compared with a sample of students studying at four Slovak universities during the same years (aged 18 to 25). The increase of mean heights was app. 0.104-0.203 cm per one year (or app. 1-2 cm per decade) for males and app. 0.031-0.178 cm per one year (or app. 0.3-1.8 cm per decade) for females was statistically confirmed at different age classes covering the age structure of the whole adult population. The positive secular height trends were manifested in weight and BMI increases too. The changes in means and variation of distributions of selected variables also cause changes in quantile values. For example, the 95% quantiles of heights derived for the period 1993-2003 only cover 92-93% of the heights in the current population. This fact could have a major impact on proposals for optimal and safe arrangement of work, residential and non-residential space, including the furniture production.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sustainability

ISSN

2071-1050

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

10

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000448559400116

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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