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Body fatness and frame size: the Caerphilly study.

A M Fehily1, B K Butland, J W Yarnell

  • 1MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cardiff, UK.

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
|February 1, 1990
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Adjusting body mass index for frame size minimally impacts body fatness prediction in middle-aged men. Standard weight/height squared (W/H2) effectively predicts body fatness without frame size adjustments.

Area of Science:

  • Anthropometry
  • Human Physiology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Accurate body fatness assessment is crucial for health monitoring.
  • Height-weight indices like weight/height squared (W/H2) are common but may not fully account for body composition variations.
  • Frame size is a potential factor influencing the relationship between weight, height, and body fatness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of adjusting height-weight indices for frame size on predicting body fatness.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of frame size adjustment in a community sample of middle-aged men.

Main Methods:

  • A community sample of 2512 men aged 45-59 years was studied.
  • Body fatness was assessed using skinfold thickness measurements at four sites.

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  • Body diameters (biacromial, bi-iliocristal, wrist, knee) were used as frame size estimates.

    • Main Results:

    • Body diameters were found to be associated with body fatness.
    • Wrist diameter showed the weakest association with skinfold thickness measurements.
    • Adjusting weight/height squared (W/H2) for frame size had minimal effect on body fatness prediction (r=0.74 vs r=0.76).

    Conclusions:

    • Frame size adjustment offers little improvement in predicting body fatness using W/H2 in this population.
    • Standard W/H2 remains a reliable predictor of body fatness in middle-aged men.