The utility of generalized girth and skinfold equations to predict body composition in women runners

✍ Scribed by Dixie L. Thompson; David B. Snead; Arthur Weltman

• Book ID: 102700734
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 545 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1042-0533
• DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.1310050306

✦ Synopsis

Although generalized equations to predict body composition exist, the validity of these equations when applied to a homogeneous group of athletic women is uncertain. Sixty-five women runners (age = 28.3 2 6.4 yrs; ht = 166.8 * 6.2 cm; wt = 58.9 2 6.6 kg; body density (Db) = 1.047 * 0.009 g-cc-'; percentage body fat (%BF) = 22.1 2 3.7%; V0,max = 56.0 * 5.3 ml/ kg . min-I; training volume = 45.8 5 16.0 km . wk-') were used to cross-validate