Applications of BMI or BSI: Differences and Revisions According to Age and Height

Applications of BMI or BSI: Differences and Revisions According to Age and Height

Validation of body-mass relationships requires a careful statistical analysis of data of normal weight individuals. BMI (ratio between body mass and square of body height) and BSI values (ratio between mass and cube of body height) have been calculated for 99 persons with ages between 1 day and 76 y...

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Main Authors: Otto W. B. Schult, Ludwig E. Feinendegen, Stephan Zaum, Walton W. Shreeve, Richard N. Pierson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Obesity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/647163
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spelling doaj-5e58ba12c22f44039a9088ab6aba1ec52020-11-24T23:15:13ZengHindawi LimitedJournal of Obesity2090-07082090-07162010-01-01201010.1155/2010/647163647163Applications of BMI or BSI: Differences and Revisions According to Age and HeightOtto W. B. Schult0Ludwig E. Feinendegen1Stephan Zaum2Walton W. Shreeve3Richard N. Pierson4Research Center Jülich, Institute of Nuclear Physics (IKP), Forschungszentrum Juelich, 52425 Jülich, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, GermanyOffice for Pediatrics and Youth Medicine, 52152 Simmerath, GermanyMedical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973-5000, USASt. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027-6902, USAValidation of body-mass relationships requires a careful statistical analysis of data of normal weight individuals. BMI (ratio between body mass and square of body height) and BSI values (ratio between mass and cube of body height) have been calculated for 99 persons with ages between 1 day and 76 years. These BMI or BSI values have been used for least squares fits yielding mean BMI or BSI values, their variances (providing precision), and average deviations of individual BMI/BSI values from the BMI/BSI means. The latter allows limits to over- and underweight. For adults we found mean values of BSI of 12.36 and confirmed 21.7 for the mean BMI; but the BSI was 1.4 times more precise than the BMI. For children shorter than 1.3 m and younger than 8 years we found the BMI average of 15.9 and over-/underweight limits of 17.4/14.4 being significantly smaller than and incompatible with the recommended BMI values.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/647163
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author Otto W. B. Schult
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Stephan Zaum
Walton W. Shreeve
Richard N. Pierson
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Ludwig E. Feinendegen
Stephan Zaum
Walton W. Shreeve
Richard N. Pierson
Applications of BMI or BSI: Differences and Revisions According to Age and Height
Journal of Obesity
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Ludwig E. Feinendegen
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title_short Applications of BMI or BSI: Differences and Revisions According to Age and Height
title_full Applications of BMI or BSI: Differences and Revisions According to Age and Height
title_fullStr Applications of BMI or BSI: Differences and Revisions According to Age and Height
title_full_unstemmed Applications of BMI or BSI: Differences and Revisions According to Age and Height
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description Validation of body-mass relationships requires a careful statistical analysis of data of normal weight individuals. BMI (ratio between body mass and square of body height) and BSI values (ratio between mass and cube of body height) have been calculated for 99 persons with ages between 1 day and 76 years. These BMI or BSI values have been used for least squares fits yielding mean BMI or BSI values, their variances (providing precision), and average deviations of individual BMI/BSI values from the BMI/BSI means. The latter allows limits to over- and underweight. For adults we found mean values of BSI of 12.36 and confirmed 21.7 for the mean BMI; but the BSI was 1.4 times more precise than the BMI. For children shorter than 1.3 m and younger than 8 years we found the BMI average of 15.9 and over-/underweight limits of 17.4/14.4 being significantly smaller than and incompatible with the recommended BMI values.
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