When is sitting height a better measure of adult body size than total height, and why? The contrasting examples of body mass, waist circumference, and lung volume

RF Burton, FL Burton - American Journal of Human Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… (Masses, at constant density, are proportional to volumes and cube roots of volumes have
units of length.) The individual values of a, b, and c are of little interest and are not recorded …

[HTML][HTML] Waist to Height Ratio and Metabolic Syndrome as lung dysfunction predictors

R Molina-Luque, M Romero-Saldaña… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
… with the alteration of lung function in healthy adults and the … was performed for the bivariate
hypothesis contrast, whereas for the … in the lung volume in the Afro-American population 28 . …

Anthropometric dimensions of individuals with high body mass index

N Wiggermann, B Bradtmiller, S Bunnell… - Human …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
… , depths, heights, and circumferences were gathered from … Waist circumference measures
were also larger among the … BUTTOCK-POPLITEAL LENGTH, SITTING The horizontal distance …

Waist circumference and sagittal diameter reflect total body fat better than visceral fat in older men and women: the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

…, HEALTH, AGING AND BODY … - Annals of the New …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
… , body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms/height in … measures versus total body
fat, and then for the anthropometric … males contrasted with the relationship of visceral fat area …

Observational study of the effect of obesity on lung volumes

J Steier, A Lunt, N Hart, MI Polkey, J Moxham - Thorax, 2014 - thorax.bmj.com
Waist circumference correlated with the amount of fat tissue … ‘normal lung function’;
approximately 25% of adults in the UK … the groups in height and lung volumes may be less …

Factors affecting lung function: a review of the literature

AT Barroso, EM Martín, LMR Romero… - Archivos de …, 2018 - Elsevier
Lung volumes are higher when the subject is standing than … exposures in early life that
impact lung function in adulthood. … , defined as the ratio of sitting height to standing height, as a …

[HTML][HTML] Waist-to-height ratio, waist circumference, and body mass index as indices of cardiometabolic risk among 36,642 Taiwanese adults

WC Li, IC Chen, YC Chang, SS Loke, SH Wang… - European journal of …, 2013 - Springer
… , blood pressure, height, weight, and waist circumstance were measured, and fasting blood
… had greater levels of SBP, DBP, FBG, TC, TG, TC/HDL-C ratio, and uric acid in contrast to non…

Measurements of adiposity and body composition

FB Hu - Obesity epidemiology, 2008 - books.google.com
Waist circumference (WC) as a measure of abdominal or … is the need to measure and adjust
for residual lung volume by … for weight, height, sitting height, and arm circumference (R≥. 97)…

[PDF][PDF] Body mass index and dynamic lung volumes in office workers

S Attaur-Rasool, TA Shirwany - J Coll Physicians Surg Pak, 2012 - jcpsp.pk
Height and weight were measured and BMI was calculated as … obesity and lung volumes
in a sample of adult Pakistanis who … This is in contrast to some of the researchers who have …

[HTML][HTML] Waist circumference and not body mass index explains obesity-related health risk

I Janssen, PT Katzmarzyk, R Ross - The American journal of clinical …, 2004 - Elsevier
Body weight and height were measured to the nearest 0.1 kg … Approximately 20% of adults
are classified in the incorrect … independent predictor of health risk contrasts with the finding of …