Anthropometric Study of U.S. Army National Guard Personnel, Fort Polk, Louisiana (2003)

摘要

This report highlights the collection of anthropometric and demographic data for a group of Army National Guard (ARNG) personnel (N=451) who were preparing, at Fort Polk, Louisiana, for active duty in Bosnia and Kosovo in July 2003. These data provide information on body size and shape for Army National Guard personnel. In addition, this report, the first of its kind, provides weights (grams) from a post-hoc study of warm weather and temperate Battle Dress Uniforms (BDUs), T-shirts and socks. Data from this new ARNG study are compared with data from active duty soldiers from an earlier study, the 1988 Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Army Personnel: Methods and Summary Statistics (Gordon et al., 1989) (ANSUR), in order to assess differences between these two groups. Results indicate that white males from the ARNG group were, on average, shorter and heavier with larger waist circumferences and larger Body Mass Index (BMI) than their active duty counterparts. A number of these differences were statistically significant.