Revicki D A, Israel R G
Am J Public Health. 1986 Aug;76(8):992-4. doi: 10.2105/ajph.76.8.992.
We examined the relationship between various body mass indices (BMIs), skinfold measures, and laboratory measures of body fat in 474 males aged 20-70 years. Evaluations included height, weight, skinfold thickness, and hydrostatic measurements of adiposity. The weight-height ratio (W/H), Quetelet index (W/H2), Khosla-Lowe index (W/H3), and Benn index (W/HP) were calculated. The correlations among the various BMIs were high, ranging from 0.91 to 0.99, and all were strongly correlated with weight (rs = 0.81 - 0.98), while only W/H2 (r = -.03) and W/HP (r = -.01) were not correlated with height. The W/H2 and W/HP had the strongest correlation with hydrostatic and skinfold measurements, although all the BMIs were significantly correlated with these measurements. Results suggest that the Benn index and the Quetelet index are equally valid estimates of body fat in respect to their relationship with hydrostatic measures.
我们研究了474名年龄在20至70岁之间男性的各种身体质量指数（BMI）、皮褶测量值与身体脂肪实验室测量值之间的关系。评估内容包括身高、体重、皮褶厚度和体脂的静水测量。计算了体重身高比（W/H）、凯特勒指数（W/H2）、科斯拉 - 洛维指数（W/H3）和本恩指数（W/HP）。各种BMI之间的相关性很高，范围从0.91至0.99，并且所有这些指数都与体重密切相关（rs = 0.81 - 0.98），而只有W/H2（r = -0.03）和W/HP（r = -0.01）与身高不相关。W/H2和W/HP与静水测量和皮褶测量的相关性最强，尽管所有BMI与这些测量值都显著相关。结果表明，就与静水测量的关系而言，本恩指数和凯特勒指数对身体脂肪的估计同样有效。
