Body Index and Ratio Determinants of Performance Potentials of the Bangladeshi Adolescent Male Jumper Athletes

Authors

  • A H M Rakibul Mawla Department of Statistics, University of Chittagong, Chattogram-4331, Bangladesh
  • Md Abdul Maleque Department of Statistics, University of Chittagong, Chattogram-4331, Bangladesh
  • M Z Nahar Department of Statistics, University of Chittagong, Chattogram-4331, Bangladesh
  • Janardan Mahanta Department of Statistics, University of Chittagong, Chattogram-4331, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/cujs.v45i1.79102

Keywords:

Performance potentials, Body mass index, Rohrer’s index, Sitting height index of build, Cormic index, Ape index, Waist to height ratio, Waist to hip ratio, Adolescent male athletes, Stepwise ridge regression, Cross validity predictive power, and Model building

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the body index and ratio determinants of the performance potentials (PP) of the Bangladeshi adolescent male jumper athletes. Primary data of size 117 were collected using multi-stage sampling on PP and relevant anthropometric measurements. Body index and ratios: Body Mass Index (BMI), Rohrer’s Index (RI), Sitting Height Index of Build (SHIB), Cormic Index (CI), Ape Index (ApeI), Waist to Height Ratio (WsHtR) and Waist to Hip Ratio (WsHpR) were then calculated accordingly. Forward stepwise ridge regression was followed to find out the most important determinants of PP of the athletes. Satisfying all the test and validity conditions, it was found that BMI was the most important determinant among the considered body index and ratios. Other determinants of PP were found to be RI and SHIB. The proposed equation can be followed for enhancing the PP of the adolescent male jumper athletes by the relevant sport authorities.

The Chittagong Univ. J. Sci. 45(1): 76-90, 2023-2024

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2025-12-14

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Mawla, A. H. M. R., Maleque, M. A., Nahar, M. Z., & Mahanta, J. (2025). Body Index and Ratio Determinants of Performance Potentials of the Bangladeshi Adolescent Male Jumper Athletes. The Chittagong University Journal of Science, 45(1), 76–90. https://doi.org/10.3329/cujs.v45i1.79102

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Vol. 45 No.1 (2023-2024)

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