Table 2 Results of Group I scaling model development relating five measured circumferences to volume/height and age.
From: Body circumferences: clinical implications emerging from a new geometric model
Circumference | Males | Females | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | N | V/H | Age | Int | SEE | R | N | V/H | Age | Int | SEE | R |
Arm | 159 | 0.61 | -0.052 | 4.20 | 0.05 | 0.88 | 192 | 0.62 | 0.024 | 3.88 | 0.06 | 0.93 |
Waist | 159 | 0.62 | 0.100 | 4.63 | 0.04 | 0.94 | 191 | 0.61 | 0.064 | 4.68 | 0.06 | 0.93 |
Hip | 159 | 0.42 | NS | 4.96 | 0.03 | 0.94 | 190 | 0.49 | NS | 5.06 | 0.04 | 0.94 |
Thigh | 150 | 0.50 | -0.100 | 4.80 | 0.05 | 0.83 | 183 | 0.54 | -0.032 | 4.65 | 0.06 | 0.88 |
Calf | 155 | 0.38 | -0.040 | 4.10 | 0.05 | 0.77 | 188 | 0.33 | -0.046 | 4.07 | 0.05 | 0.83 |
Average | 146 | 0.51 | NS | 4.57 | 0.02 | 0.98 | 176 | 0.54 | NS | 4.60 | 0.02 | 0.98 |