Nutrition and health in old age : the cross-sectional analysis of the findings of a survey made in 1972/3 of elderly people who had been studied in 1967/8 : report / by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy.

  • Great Britain. Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy
Date:
1979
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Credit: Nutrition and health in old age : the cross-sectional analysis of the findings of a survey made in 1972/3 of elderly people who had been studied in 1967/8 : report / by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Appendix C: Indices derived from anthropometry 2 site skinfold thickness (mm)=sum of triceps and subscapular measure- ments. 4 site skinfold thickness (mm)=sum of biceps, triceps, subscapular and suprailiac measurements. Quetelets index@ = Weight (kg) {Height (m)]? Percentage body fat 2 sites?) [35.685 x log,, (2 site skinfold thickness (mm))] - 23.715 1.1527 - [0.0793 x log,, (2 site skinfold thickness (mm))] for men = [33.39 x log,, (2 site skinfold thickness (mm))] - 15.615 for women = pe Ne) Ee 1.1347 - [0.0742 x log,, (2 site skinfold thickness (mm))] Percentage body fat 4 sites) [35.055 x log,, (4 site skinfold thickness (mm))] - 32.175 for men = gS ag ee eo i ok 2 1.1715 - [0.0779 x log,, (4 site skinfold thickness (mm))] [29.025 x log,, (4 site skinfold thickness (mm))] - 15.255 for women = 1.1339 - [0.0645 x log,, (4 site skinfold thickness (mm))] Arm muscle area (cm2) = [Arm Circumference (mm) - 7 x Triceps (mm)]2 400n Lean arm radius (mm) = [Arm Circumference (mm)] - [Triceps (mm) x 0.6] 2n 7 (@)Kemsley, Billewicz and Thomson, 1962