• Acta medica Scandinavica · Jan 1985

    Variation of body weight with age, sex and height. An index for classification of obesity.

    • B Lundh.
    • Acta Med Scand. 1985 Jan 1; 218 (5): 493-8.

    AbstractThe body weight of 472 randomly selected inhabitants of a city population was studied in relation to age, sex and height. Weight tables were constructed from multiple regression equations. The reliability of the weights obtained and the concepts of average weight and obesity are discussed. Comparisons with earlier weight standards are made and commented upon. Over- and underweight can be expressed as % of expected weight (WE), i.e. (WO-WE)/WE X 100, where WO = observed weight. WE are calculated from the formulas WE = 6 + 0.78 X (height (cm) - 100) + 0.17 X age for men and WE = 7 + 0.71 X (height (cm) - 100) + 0.17 X age for women. These formulas are the basis for the weight tables and are derived from a subsample, obtained by excluding obese subjects from the total sample.

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