Static Anthropometric Characteristics of Bangladeshi Vehicle Driver: A Case Study

Table 1

Anthropometric dimensions of Bangladeshi vehicle drivers.

Measurements	Mean	St. Dev.	Percentile			SEM	CV (%)	Skewness	Kurtosis
			5th	50th	95th
Stature	1645	70.4	1549.9	1641	1770	0.64	4.28			—	—
Sitting height erect	843	34.6	784.9	845	900	0.32	4.11			0.51	0.49
Sitting shoulder height	589.6	35.8	525.7	592.5	640	0.33	6.08			0.36	0.51
Shoulder elbow length	358	26.3	312.9	359	405.1	0.24	7.33			0.22	0.37
Thigh clearance height	146.3	18.1	115	150	175.1	0.17	12.37			0.09	0.26
Sitting popliteal height	433.7	25	391	430	471.2	0.23	5.76			0.26	0.36
Sitting elbow height	235	21.3	200	235	265.1	0.19	9.07			0.14	0.30
Elbow fingertip length	461.5	28.4	412.9	461.5	505.1	0.26	6.15			0.28	0.40
Buttock popliteal length	438.3	30.1	389.8	440	485.2	0.27	6.86			0.27	0.43
Shoulder breadth	460.3	23.9	420	460	505.1	0.22	5.20			0.28	0.34
Elbow to elbow length	468.1	32	419.9	470	513.1	0.29	6.83			0.28	0.45
Hip breadth sitting	376.7	29.5	330	375.5	425.3	0.27	7.84			0.23	0.42
Foot breadth	94.2	7.9	81	95	107	0.07	8.40			0.06	0.11
Foot length	249.7	19.3	219.8	250	280	0.18	7.73			0.15	0.27
Weight (kg)	70.63	9.04	57.00	68.00	85.00	0.82	12.79			—	—
BMI (kg/m^2)	26.09	2.86	21.71	26.02	30.13	0.26	10.95			—	—
RSH	0.51	0.01	0.49	0.51	0.53	0.001	2.88		0.09	—	—
BSA (m^2)	1.77	0.13	1.57	1.76	1.99	0.01	7.58	0.17		—	—

All the measurements are in millimeters (mm) except RSH.