wfat: Percentage of Body Fat and Body Measurements in Women
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Percentage of Body Fat and Body Measurements in Women
Description
Age, weight, height, and 10 body circumference measurements are recorded for 184 women. Each woman's percentage of body fat was accurately estimated by an underwater weighing technique.
Format
A data frame with 184 observations on the following 19 variables.
- siri
Percent body fat using Siri's equation
- weight
Weight (lbs)
- height
Height (inches)
- bmi
Body Mass Index
- age
Age (yrs)
- neck
Neck circumference (cm)
- chest
Chest circumference (cm)
- calf
Calf circumference (cm)
- biceps
Extended biceps circumference (cm)
- hip
Hip circumference (cm)
- abdom
Horizontal minimal measurement, at the end of a normal expiration (cm)
- forearm
Forearm circumference (cm)
- thigh
(Proximal Thigh) Horizontal measurement immediately distal to the gluteal furrow (cm)
- mthigh
(Middle Thigh) Measurement midway between the midpoint of the inguinal crease and the proximal border of the patella (cm)
- dthigh
(Distal Thigh) Measurement proximal to the femoral epicondyles (cm)
- wrist
Wrist circumference (cm) distal to the styloid processes
- knee
Knee circumference (cm)
- elbow
A minimal circumference measurement with the elbow extended (cm)
- ankle
Ankle circumference (cm)
Source
Roger W. Johnson (2021): Fitting Percentage of Body Fat to Simple Body Measurements: College Women, Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, DOI: 10.1080/26939169.2021.1971585 (Note that I have changed some of the variable names to correspond with the older fat data for men)
See Also
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