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Anthropometric characteristics of Iranian military personnel and their changes over recent years
G Pourtaghi1, F Valipour, H Sadeghialavi
1Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. ghpourtaghi@yahoo.com.
Background:
In most armies, clothes, equipment and weapons are designed according to the physical characteristics and anthropometric data of soldiers.
Objective:
To study the anthropometric characteristics of Iranian army force and their changes over recent years.
Methods:
12 635 Iranian military personnel aged between 18 and 30 years with tenure of <10 years who were normally engaged in educational military activities and soldiers were enrolled in this study, which was conducted in 2010.
Results:
The military personnel had a mean±SD stature of 174.1±6.3 cm and sitting height of 89.7±3.8 cm. They had a mean weight of 70.0 kg, and body mass index of 23.3 kg/m2.
Conclusion:
The stature of Iranian army has increased by 14 mm during the last 15 years. The stature was less than those of the western countries and 3-4 cm more than those of East Asian personnel. The body mass index has had an increasing trend.
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