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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the anthropometric variables

From: The comfort and safety of a novel rolling mechanical indentation device for the measurement of lumbar trunk stiffness in young adults

Variable

Mean

Median

Standard Deviation

Interquartile Range

Range (Min, Max)

Sitting height (cm)

171.6

172

9.5

15.2

145.0, 190.0

Standing height (cm)

90.8

91

5.4

8.5

77.0, 102.0

Weight (kg)

72.0

69.4

15.8

19.1

44.1, 124.2

BMI (kg/m2)

24.3

23.8

3.9

4.1

17.4, 37.0

Waist circumference (cm)

84.2

82.5

10.4

11.6

66.0, 118.0

Chest circumference (cm)

94.5

93.0

9.6

9.5

78.0, 127.0

Waist P-A diameter (cm)

18.7

18.0

3.4

4.5

12.5, 28.5

Chest P-A diameter (cm)

18.5

18.5

3.2

4.0

12.5, 27.5

  1. P-A posterior to anterior, cm centimetres, kg kilograms, m 2 metres squared, min minimum, max maximum