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7564976

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-11-8
pubmed:abstractText
Military circumference equations are used to assess compliance of military personnel with body fat (BF) standards. The purpose of the present study was to determine the ability of military equations to correctly classify 62 women aged 40-60 yr (50.9 +/- 6.2, mean +/- SD) as overfat or underfat using underwater weighing (UWW) as the reference method and military BF standards as diagnostic cutoffs. Values for the mean +/- SD percent BF from UWW, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy equations were 29.5 +/- 7.1, 27.3 +/- 4.7, 25.7 +/- 5.8, and 30.3 +/- 5.1, respectively. The Army and Marine Corps equations underpredicted percent BF compared to UWW, P < 0.05. Bland-Altman plots showed a lack of agreement in predicting percent BF in women 40-60 yr between equation and UWW-derived percent BF. This finding was supported by the low agreement in correctly classifying an individual as meeting or exceeding the BF standards, range 25%-57%, Cohen's kappa. The low sensitivities (range 20%-74%) and higher specificities (range 80%-98%) of the equations indicated they identified individuals who met the BF standards better than those who exceeded them. Caution must be exercised when using military prediction equations to assess compliance with military BF standards in healthy middle-aged women.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0195-9131
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1079-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Military body fat standards and equations applied to middle-aged women.
pubmed:affiliation
Human Physiology Laboratory, USDA Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.