Open AccessPredicting Fat Percent by Skinfolds in Racial Groups
Author(s) -
Lance E. Davidson,
Jack Wang,
John C. Thornton,
Zafar Kaleem,
Federico Silva-Palacios,
Richard N. Pierson,
Steven B. Heymsfield,
Dympna Gallagher
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e3181ef3f07
Subject(s) - waist , anthropometry , medicine , ethnic group , body fat percentage , skinfold thickness , population , demography , body mass index , classification of obesity , fat mass , sociology , anthropology , environmental health
Despite their widespread use in research and fitness settings, Durnin and Womersley's (DW) 1974 prediction equations using skinfold thickness to estimate body fat percent by hydrodensitometry have not been systematically evaluated in racial or ethnic groups using body fat percent measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (%BF(DXA)) as the standard.