The Sitting-Height Index of Build, (Body Mass)/(Sitting Height)³, as an Improvement on the Body Mass Index for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults

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Richard F Burton

Abstract

The body mass index (BMI) is unsatisfactory in being affected by both relative leg length and height, and, for use with children and adolescents, therefore needs to be interpreted in relation to age. The sitting-height index of build (body mass)/(sitting height)³, is largely free of these disadvantages. Furthermore, because that index is independent of relative leg length, the latter can be treated as a separate indicator of nutritional history and health risks. Past studies on white children and adults have shown body mass to be approximately proportional to (sitting height)³. Moreover, multiple regression of (body mass)1/3on sitting height and leg length, using year-by-year averages, has indicated that leg length is an insignificant predictor of body mass. The present study used data for individuals, namely 2-20 years old males and females, black as well as white. Regression analysis as above again showed leg length to be an insignificant predictor of body mass, but only above the age of about nine years. However, sitting height is still a stronger predictor of body mass than leg length at all ages. The advantages of the sitting-height index of build for use with young people are confirmed.

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Jun 13, 2020·American Journal of Human Biology : the Official Journal of the Human Biology Council·Richard Francis Burton, Francis Lindley Burton
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