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Percentage body fat was calculated from the Rathbun-Pace formula
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CHINN and ALLEN [16]. Skinfolds, height, weight and age. This is based on
combined data from 244 Caucasian and Asiatic men of military age.
Fat =[(0.00285 S—0.0114)! - 0.061] M+ 1.1 H*+0.234 4-64
Where S-=average of 2 skinfold thicknesses in mm (average of 4 skinfold
thicknesses was used for our data).
M =body weightin kg.
Hf =height in cm.
A=age in years.
Hunr [17].
Height, weight, and waist girth.
This formula, based on two
formulas predicting basal oxygen consumption and fat-free weight, was not
tested by HUNT to establish the efficiency of the combined formula.
Im.
Fat-free weight = 1.49 W — 1.76 H® — 56.82 G® —6.45
Where W=body weightin kg.
Af =height in meters.
Brozek [18]. Height, bicristal diameter, biacromial diameter, upper arm
diameter (corrected for skinfold) and age. The formula was based on data for
238 Minneapolis firemen.
Total body weight=0.411 height+ 1.204 bicristal diameter + 0.0885 biacromial
diameter + 7.342 upper arm diameter, corrected for thickness of subcutaneous
fat +- 0.220 age — 137.510.
All measurements are in cm and agein years.
(For our data, biliac diameter was taken as the same as bicristal diameter,
and upper arm diameter was calculated from arm circumference.)
HeEcHYER [19].
Chest circumference, buttock circumference and stature.
This
formula is based on the 31 Navy men BEHNKEused for developing his reference
standard [20].
W=466* 10-'xCxBxS
Where W=weightin kg.
C=chest circumference in cm.
B=buttock circumference in cm (iliac crest circumference was
substituted).
S= height in cm.
Pryor [21]. Height, biiliac diameter and Jateral thoracic diameter. From
measurements of 12,000 people aged from “one to 41 plus” years, she developed
a linear regression equation predicting weight from these three variables.
W=C+ (By 4.03) (CE) + (815.24) (BO + (isa) (A)
Where W= weight prediction.
C=constant from regression formula.
L=lateral thoracic diameter (taken as biacromial diameter for our
data).
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G = waist girth in meters.