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The Structure of Body Measurements for the Determination of Garment System for Young Croatian Men
L. Szirovicza
D. Ujević
M. Drenovac
Sažetak
The determination and promotion of garment size systems require a knowledge of the
proportions of the human body i.e. of anthropometric measures of a certain population.
In order to create and promote a garment size system it is necessary to establish a correct
relationship between the body parts or body measures. Possible interregional body
differences are often neglected in the process, although they can be considerable even in
cases of sex- and age- limited populations. This has been confirmed by an investigation
of body measures for determining garment sizes carried out on a randomly selected
sample of 4,268 healthy and normally developed men aged 18–22. The investigation
was performed in 1993 on five locations each one representing a definite region of the
Republic of Croatia: Jastrebarsko (central), Koprivnica (northwest), Pula (southwest),
Sinj (south) and Po`ega (northeast). The survey instruments were 50 body measures
chosen according to ISO standards for garment sizes. Interregional differences were
considerable in all body measures. The role of those measures and their contribution to
the differences was confirmed by discriminative analysis with regions as a priori defined
samples. Besides the differences in body size, significant differences in body build
were established, mostly in the northeast region of Croatia and partly also in the northwest
region. It is the difference in body build (besides the high number of necessary measurements)
that makes the determination of garment size systems so complex. In order
to establish an appropriate and purposeful garment size standard it is necessary to collect
more information and also introduce the entity of target-population into previously
determined categories in terms of chest circumference and body height.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
28259
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Datum izdavanja:
17.6.2002.
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