期刊名称：Facta Universitatis : Series Physical Education and Sport
印刷版ISSN：1451-740X
出版年度：2009
卷号：7
期号：01
页码：79-90
出版社：University of Niš
摘要：The aim of this research was to confirm or reject the hypothesis regarding the non-existence of statistically significant differences between young boys and girls from Niš in terms of their anthropometric measures. The sample of subjects consisted of 91 boys and 85 girls, all of whom were first grade elementary students and were, on average, seven years old. Seventeen anthropometric measurements were taken, including the BMI, all of which covered the area of longitudinal, trasversal, circular dimensionality and subcutaneous fatty tissue. The differences between the anthropometric measurements of the boys and girls were determined by means of the Student t-test. The results showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the measurements of the anthropometric characteristics. Nevertheless, a numeric difference in many of the parameters can be found between the subsamples, as well as great intra-group differences, which signaled the heterogeneity of the groups in terms of the evaluated characteristics. During any study of the anthropometric characteristics involving a sample of students of this age, it is necessary to pay attention to not only calendar age but biological age as well.
