USE OF RELATIVE WEIGHT AND BODY-MASS INDEX FOR THE DETERMINATION OF ADIPOSITY

被引：95

作者：

GRAY, DS ^{[1
]}

FUJIOKA, K ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV SO CALIF, LOS ANGELES CTY MED CTR, DEPT MED, LOS ANGELES, CA 90033 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY | 1991年 / 44卷 / 06期

关键词：

RELATIVE WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; ADIPOSITY;

D O I：

10.1016/0895-4356(91)90218-X

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Relative weight and Body Mass Index (BMI) are commonly used as measures of body fatness in epidemiologic and clinical studies. In order to determine their accuracy, they were compared to body fat measured by underwater weighing and total body water determination in 29 males and 75 females who varied widely in body composition. Relative weights calculated from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Tables correlated so highly with BMI that these measures can be considered to be identical (R2 = 0.992 to 0.999). Linear regression analysis showed a significant correlation between BMI and percentage body fat in men (R2 = 0.68, %fat = 0.99 x BMI -1.32, p < 0.001) and women (R2 = 0.74, %fat = 0.94 x BMI + 10.77, p < 0.001). We conclude that relative weight and BMI are nearly identical, and that they are reasonable estimates of body fatness.

引用

页码：545 / 550

页数：6

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