title: A negative relationship between leg length and leg cross-sectional areas in adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  These were to examine the relationship between leg cross-sectional areas (CSAs) and leg length while making allowance for other factors, such as fatness and the load on the legs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Body mass, stature, and sitting height were directly measured and volumes and leg CSAs were obtained by 3D scanning for 155 men and 162 women. Leg CSAs were regressed simultaneously on upper body mass and leg length.
  
  
  RESULTS
  With allowance made for positive correlations with upper body mass, leg CSAs showed a negative correlation with leg length (P = 0.00006-0.027).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a negative correlation between leg lengths and CSAs that is largely obscured by other influences.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom. richard.burton@glasgow.ac.uk
authors.forename: Richard F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Burton
authors.forename: Alan M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nevill
authors.forename: Arthur D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Daniell
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Olds
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019412:Anatomy, Cross-Sectional; D000886:Anthropometry; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D012044:Regression Analysis; D051598:Whole Body Imaging; D055815:Young Adult