Relative merits of old and new indices of body mass with reference to skinfold thickness
1982
Frisancho, A. Roberto | Flegel, Pamela N.
Extract: Correlation coefficients among the various commonly used indices of body mass and measures of skinfold thickness were calculated using 16,459 black and white adults. Samples were derived from the data sets of the US Health and Nutritional Examination Survey I of 1971 to 1974. Compared to weight and weight-height cube ratio, weight-height square ratio, and weight-height ratio exhibit the highest correlation with skinfold thickness. Furthermore, weight-height square ratio and weight-height ratio showed the same amount of correlation with skinfolds. Therefore, weight-height ratio is not the best indicator of adiposity. It is concluded that weight-height square ratio along with measures of subcutaneous fat such as skinfold thickness would provide adequate information about body size and body fatness. The applicability of weight-height is limited to studies concerned with interpopulation comparisons of body mass and where there are differences in height. (author)
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