Anthropometry of Romany school age children from eastern Slovakia

Duranková, Silvia; Csanády, Alexander; Ružbarská, Ingrid

doi:10.2478/bhk-2023-0013

Abstract

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.

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Anthropometry of Romany school age children from eastern Slovakia

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