title: Critical evaluation of frame size determination in the 1983 Metropolitan Life weight for height tables.
abstract: According to Metropolitan Life, the criteria used in placing individuals into frame size classes on the basis of elbow breadth should result in a 25-50-25% (small-medium-large) distribution. This assumption was evaluated using a large sample of Canadians (n = 19,305). Results indicated that the hypothesized distribution was not achieved in either males or females; few subjects were classified as large frame. The small percentage of subjects classified as large frame resulted in a skewing of the weight categorizations in males, but not in females.
authors: R A
authors: RA
authors: Faulkner
authors: D A
authors: DA
authors: Bailey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002170:Canada; D004550:Elbow / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012016:Reference Values; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D013008:Somatotypes