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. 2017 May 31;4(5):170445. doi: 10.1098/rsos.170445

Correction to ‘The mountains of giants: an anthropometric survey of male youths in Bosnia and Herzegovina’

Pavel Grasgruber, Stevo Popović, Dominik Bokuvka, Ivan Davidović, Sylva Hřebíčková, Pavlína Ingrová, Predrag Potpara, Stipe Prce, Nikola Stračárová
PMCID: PMC5451843  PMID: 28573042

R. Soc. open sci. 4, 161054. (Published 12 April 2017). (doi:10.1098/rsos.161054)

In figure 2, the height in Široki Brijeg is listed as 185.3 cm. The correct value is 185.4 cm. The corrected figure is shown below.

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In table 2, the region of the town of Čapljina is mistakenly listed as ‘Canton Western Herzegovina’. The correct location is ‘Canton Herzegovina-Neretva’. The corrected table is shown below.

Table 2.

Average male height in 27 towns (based on the self-reported place of residence). Only towns with at least 20 measured individuals were included.

region town n av. height (cm)
Canton Herzegovina-Neretva Čapljina 21 185.9
Canton Western Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 38 185.4
Region Trebinje Trebinje 120 184.7
Canton 10/Livno Tomislavgrad 37 184.6
Region Trebinje Nevesinje 71 184.5
Canton 10/Livno Livno 101 184.4
Region Istočno Sarajevo Istočno Sarajevo 55 184.0
Canton Western Herzegovina Posušje 37 184.0
Canton Herzegovina-Neretva Mostar 174 182.3
Canton Central Bosnia Bugojno 49 182.3
Canton Herzegovina-Neretva Konjić 44 182.0
Region Romanija-Foča Pale 23 182.0
Canton Sarajevo Sarajevo 324 181.8
Region Bijeljina-Zvornik Bijeljina 122 181.7
Canton Zenica-Doboj Zenica 157 181.5
Canton Central Bosnia Novi Travnik 30 181.0
Region Bijeljina-Zvornik Zvornik 28 180.9
Region Banja Luka Banja Luka 147 180.7
Region Prijedor Prijedor 110 180.7
Canton Tuzla Tuzla 68 180.7
Canton Goražde Goražde 57 180.7
Region Mrkonjić Grad Mrkonjić Grad 69 180.6
Region Romanija-Foča Rogatica 50 180.4
Canton Tuzla Živinice 20 180.3
Region Doboj Doboj 108 180.1
Canton Una-Sana Bihać 173 179.9
Canton Tuzla Gračanica 40 179.8

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