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Reproducibility of anthropometric and body composition measurements: the HERITAGE Family Study

Wilmore, JH, Stanforth, PR, Domenick, MA, Gagnon, J, Daw, EW, Leon, AS, Rao, DC, Skinner, JS +1 more·1997·International Journal of Obesity

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Objective To determine the reproducibility of anthropometric and body composition measures using the HERITAGE Family Study protocol. Design Anthropometric and body composition measures were obtained on three separate days within a 3-wk period at each of the four HERITAGE Clinical Centers. Subjects Sixty men and women representative of the HERITAGE subject population, 15 from each of four Clinical Centers. Measurements Anthropometric measures included eight skinfolds, three girths and one length; and body composition measures included stature, mass, hydrostatic weight, residual volume, and body density, from which relative fat, fat mass and fat-free mass were estimated. Results Reproducibility as determined by technical error, coefficient of variation, and intraclass correlations was very high for the total sample. For example, intraclass correlations for the total sample generally ranged from 0.95-0.99 for the anthropometric measures, and from 0.97-1.00 for the body composition measures. The results across Clinical Centers were in close agreement with each other and with the pooled data. Conclusions The reproducibility of anthropometric and body composition measures using the HERITAGE Family Study protocol is sufficiently high that it should be possible to detect small changes in any of these measures and to determine the genetic basis of these changes consequent to a 20 wk endurance training program.

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Authors
Wilmore, J., Stanforth, P., Domenick, M., Gagnon, J., Daw, E., Leon, A., Rao, D., Skinner, J., & Bouchard, C.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas at Austin (US)
  • Université Laval (CA)
  • University of Washington (US)
Venue
International Journal of Obesity
Published
1997-04
Volume
21
Issue
4
Pages
297-303
ISSN
  • 0307-0565 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-5497
OpenAlex
W2105702707
Cited by
61
References
26
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2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
FWCI
2.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • International Journal of Obesity (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Minnesota
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL 45670, HL47323, R01HL047317, R01HL047323, HL47317, R01HL045670)
  • NIH Clinical Center
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Body Composition Measurement Techniques
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Reliability and Agreement in Measurement
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
Keywords
reproducibility, anthropometry, body composition, HERITAGE Family Study, skinfold thickness, girth measurements, hydrostatic weighing, body density, fat mass, fat-free mass, intraclass correlation coefficient, coefficient of variation, technical errors, endurance training
MeSH terms
Adult, Analysis of Variance, Anthropometry, Body Composition, Body Constitution, Female, Humans, Male, Nuclear Family, Reproducibility of Results

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