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. 2008 Apr 8;19(1):9–18. doi: 10.1294/jes.19.9

Table 2. Differences in equine conformation between the four groups.

SN SW TN TW P
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Length measurements (cm)
withers height 136.8b (6.00) 140.9b (4.79) 158.4a (5.87) 163.8a (7.28) <0.001
distance between rider’s knees 74.4b (1.45) 78.2a (1.20) 74.1b (1.60) 78.6a (1.77) <0.001
body length 140.1b (5.58) 143.3b (9.42) 160.8a (7.91) 171.7a (13.02) <0.001
chest depth 66.7b (4.18) 67.1b (3.87) 75.5a (3.15) 78.3a (4.18) <0.001
chest circumference 165.3 c (9.68) 168.2bc (11.00) 183.0 b (5.74) 199.3a (19.60) <0.001
length of scapula 46.1b (3.49) 46.4b (3.50) 49.3ab (3.01) 53.8a (5.02) 0.002
length of humerus 25.5 c (1.90) 27.0bc (3.44) 30.0ab (1.24) 31.2a (3.88) <0.001
length of radius 32.2b (1.73) 33.4b (1.23) 38.3a (2.15) 40.3a (1.94) <0.001
length of metacarpus 20.1 c (1.87) 20.9bc (1.58) 23.2ab (1.20) 23.8a (1.72) <0.001
length of front phalanx 7.3b (1.31) 7.6b (0.95) 9.6a (1.13) 10.0a (1.05) <0.001
length of pelvis 30.0 (3.03) 31.8 (4.10) 35.8 (6.05) 36.9 (8.83) 0.056
length of femur 33.8 (2.54) 35.8 (2.92) 35.0 (2.61) 35.6 (3.00) 0.444
length of tibia 44.8bc (4.37) 42.0 c (5.82) 50.1ab (2.83) 55.2a (3.74) <0.001
length of metatarsus 24.8b (2.28) 26.2b (2.73) 28.8ab (2.99) 31.9a (2.88) <0.001
length of hind phalanx 7.6b (0.61) 7.7b (0.87) 9.3a (0.97) 9.5a (2.06) 0.001
cannon circumference 17.4b (1.07) 17.3b (1.08) 19.1b (0.80) 21.6a (2.99) <0.001
Angle measurements
shoulder inclination 61.1 (2.39) 59.7 (4.02) 60.8 (3.65) 58.0 (5.23) 0.454
shoulder joint 99.8 (3.92) 102.1 (3.42) 104.7 (4.69) 101.9 (3.79) 0.071
elbow joint 133.2 (7.21) 137.1 (4.14) 136.8 (5.10) 133.7 (2.92) 0.306
front fetlock joint 65.6 (3.69) 66.2 (2.34) 64.2 (5.89) 62.3 (4.18) 0.423
hip joint 86.7 (6.88) 89.4 (11.81) 88.6 (8.48) 87.0 (6.75) 0.913
femur inclination 59.1 (7.82) 63.9 (11.52) 60.4 (6.61) 60.5 (5.25) 0.659
stifle joint 116.6 (7.74) 126.4 (13.58) 118.7 (11.87) 117.2 (7.03) 0.264
hock joint 140.8b (3.66) 147.3a (5.68) 146.0ab (2.82) 147.2a (3.08) 0.005
hind fetlock joint 65.7 (7.38) 64.9 (8.66) 68.7 (6.36) 68.8 (6.17) 0.581

Within the row, different letters represent significant difference (abc P<0.05 by Scheffe test). SN=Short and Narrow; SW=Short and Wide; TN=Tall and Narrow; TW=Tall and Wide.