Relationship of the body mass index with skinfolds, girths, and bone breadths in Canadian men and women aged 20-70 years.
The relationship of Quetelet index (w/h2), or body mass index (BMI), with the sum of skinfolds at five sites, two skinfold-corrected limb girths, and two bone breadths were studied in a cross-sectional sample of 12,282 men and 6,593 women aged 20-70 years. The correlations of the BMI with skinfolds (0.50), bone breadths (0.51), and girths (0.58) were too low for individual prediction. Contingency tables of the BMI and sum of skinfold categories further indict its use for the purpose of assessing adiposity status or monitoring change in individuals.
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School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Applied Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Crawford
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Kerr
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Ward
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Bailey
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001823:Body Composition; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012885:Skinfold Thickness