Roche A F, Sievogel R M, Chumlea W C, Webb P
Am J Clin Nutr. 1981 Dec;34(12):2831-8. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/34.12.2831.
Measurements relevant to body fatness are made commonly in clinical settings. However, associations between these measurements and body fatness are poorly known and procedures are needed to facilitate the interpretation of these measurements. Consequently, data from 405 white children and adults aged 6 to 49 yr were used to calculate the correlations between selected anthropometric measurements and estimates of percentage body fat and total body fat. Comparisons among these correlations, for children and adults of each sex, lead to conclusions that the triceps skinfold is the best single indicator of percentage body fat in children and women; weight/stature is the best single indicator of total body fat in girls and adults. In men weight/stature is the best indicator of percentage body fat and in boys the subscapular skinfold is the best indicator of total body fat. Weight/stature can be obtained using a calculator or the nomogram provided. It is recommended that these measures be obtained when there is interest in body fatness and the data compared with percentiles from a nationally representative sample.
在临床环境中，通常会进行与身体脂肪含量相关的测量。然而，这些测量与身体脂肪含量之间的关联鲜为人知，因此需要一些方法来辅助解读这些测量结果。为此，研究人员利用405名年龄在6至49岁之间的白人儿童和成年人的数据，计算了选定的人体测量指标与身体脂肪百分比及总体脂肪估计值之间的相关性。对各性别儿童和成年人的这些相关性进行比较后得出结论：三头肌皮褶厚度是儿童和女性身体脂肪百分比的最佳单一指标；体重/身高是女孩和成年人总体脂肪的最佳单一指标。在男性中，体重/身高是身体脂肪百分比的最佳指标，在男孩中，肩胛下皮褶厚度是总体脂肪的最佳指标。体重/身高可以使用计算器或所提供的列线图来获取。建议在关注身体脂肪含量时获取这些测量值，并将数据与来自全国代表性样本的百分位数进行比较。
