title: Total Body Mass Estimation from Anthropometric Measurements in Modern Young Adult U.S. Populations with Healthy Body Fat Percentages (NHANES III).
abstract: This study presents a method by which to estimate total body mass in modern young adult U.S. populations who self-identified as non-Hispanic U.S. White, non-Hispanic U.S. Black, and Mexican American with anthropometric measurements from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) 1988-1994 dataset (N = 2532). Correlations of stature and bi-iliac breadth with total body mass were stronger among males (r = 0.717-0.774) than among females (r = 0.549-0.661), yet these results were more accurate assessments of total body mass than existing techniques. This study also examined additional anthropometric measurements to estimate total body mass using an information-theoretic approach demonstrating that some error in the stature-bi-iliac breadth method is attributed to a nonsupported model with multimodel inference. The limitations of the current total body mass technique are discussed as well as the need for future studies to validate the method.
authors.affiliation: School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281.
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Schaffer
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue; D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D001827:Body Height; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D044465:White People; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: anthropometry; bi-iliac breadth; biological profiles; body mass; forensic anthropology; forensic science; stature