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Table 8 Prediction of fat fraction from BMI for Caucasian + Black + Hispanic subjects.

From: Physiological models of body composition and human obesity

Subjects

Linear eq. (1)

Model I eq. (7)

Model II eq. (8)

 

a

b

MSR

f1

BMI0

MSR

f1

f0

BMI0

MSR

Male: 18 – 89

-.177

.0138

.00401

.583

17.50

0.00407

.644

.109

22,24

0.00398

Male: 18 – 31

-.201

.0134

.00273

.543

19.39

0.00315

.697

.0939

23.77

0.00276

Male: 32 – 50

-.133

.0119

.00303

.505

16.54

0.00312

.606

.130

23.5

0.00297

Male: 51 – 89

-.126

.0136

.00310

.628

16.28

.00299

.638

.132

20.78

0.00298

Female: 18 – 90

+.0229

.0112

.00371

.729

14.03

.00291

.736

.193

19.44

0.00287

Female: 18 – 31

-.0347

.0119

.00252

.687

14.55

.00239

.767

.192

21.30

0.00192

Female: 32 – 50

+0.0442

.00989

.00325

.715

14.40

.00224

.730

.189

19.82

0.00221

Female: 51 – 90

+0.0803

.0104

.00237

.675

12.07

.00222

.674

.225

18.18

0.00222

  1. Model parameters and mean square residual error (MSR) for Model I, Model II and Linear fit are listed.