Author/Editor		Šturm, Jože; Strel, Janko; Ambrožič, Franci
Title		Changes in latent morphologic structure of children between 7 and 14 years of age
Translated title		Spremembe v latentni morfološki strukturi otrok med 7. in 14. letom starosti
Type		članek
Source		Kinesiologia Slovenica
Vol. and No.		Letnik 2, št. 1
Publication year		1995
Volume		str. 22-5
Language		eng
Abstract		On a 1% sample of girls and boys of 7-14 years of age (in all 3163), representative for the Republic of Slovenia, changes in relations between morphologic dimensions - measured with 15 anthropometric measures - and their latent structure were analysed. Differences in latent structure were obtained through comparison of factor analyses, computed for all the age groups and both sexes. This comparison shows a great instability of morphologic structure. The biggest changes occur because of the distribution of circumference of extremities and trunk on different dimensions, partly on skeletal dimensionality and partly on subcutaneous fat - with girls in the tenth and eleventh year and with boys from the twelfth to the fourteenth year. From the analysis of changes in the structure of the inter-correlation matrices, it is possible to conclude that individual phases of changes of morphologic structure occur at a higher rate with boys, thus ensuring a more harmonious development, while with girls we find greater structural changes, specially between the seventh and eighth year and between the eleventh and twelfth year.
Descriptors		ANTHROPOMETRY CHILD ADOLESCENCE SLOVENIA