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T he A m er ica n Journa l o fC l in ic a l N u tri tion
34: N O VE M B ER 1981 , p p . 254 0-2 545 . P r in te d in U .S .A .
1981 Am er ican S ociety for C lin ic al N utrition
ew no rm s o f uppe r lim b fa t and m usc le a reas
fo r assessm en t o f n u tr it ion a l s ta tu s
A . Rob erto F r isanch o ,2 P h .D .
A BSTR AC T B ased on m easu rem en ts of tric eps sk info ld th ick nes s and upper arm circum fe r-
enc e o fa cross -sec tio nal s am ple of 19 ,09 7 wh ite su b je cts ag ed 1 to 7 4 y r. d erived from th e U nited
S tates H ealth and Nu tri tion al Ex am ina tion Survey of 19 7 1 to 19 74 , the arm m uscle circ um ferenc e,
arm m usc le a rea . an d a rm fa t a re a w ere c a lcu la te d . T h ere a fte r a g e an d se x s pe c ific pe rcen ti les fo r
all th re e es tim ate s o f upp er arm tis sue s w ere ob tain ed . B a sed on em p irical and th eo retical ev id enc e.
it is recom m ended tha t as ses sm ents o f nu tri tion al sta tus be m ade on th e b asis of a rea s o f fa t an d
areas ofm u scle rather than d ire ct sk in fo ld th ickn ess an d arm c ircum ference . It is a lso recom m ended
th at the se new norm s sho uld rep lac e th ose cur ren tly in use.
A m . J . C lin . N u tr .
3 4: 2 54 0- 25 45 ,
9 8
K EY W OR D S G row th , stand ard s, nu tritiona l sta tu s, a rm fat are as. arm m uscle are as
In troduct ion
In recen t years an th ropom e tric eva lua tions
o f the u ppe r lim b h av e becom e va luab le in
the asse ssm en t o f nu tr ition al sta tu s o f ch il-
d ren and ad u lts . T h is is based o n the ev id en ce
tha t the o rgan ism , w h en faced w ith nu tr i-
tion al re str ic tio n , u tiliz es its nu tritio na l re -
se rves sto red in the fo rm o f sk ele ta l m usc le
p ro te in , v iscera l p ro te in , an d fat. It is a ssum ed
tha t th e tr icep s sk in fo ld th ickn ess in d icate s
th e ca lo rie re se rves sto red in th e fo rm of fat
1 -4 , and the arm m usc le size re flec ts the
re se rv es o f m usc le p ro te in 1 , 2 , 4 , w h ile the
leve ls o f c ircu latin g pro te in , such as tran sfe r-
r in o r a lbum in ind ica te th e v isce ra l p ro te in
statu s 5 . In a p rev ious stud y , w e have p ub-
lished p ercen tiles fo r tric eps sk in fo lds an d
estim a te s o f m u scle a rea fo r w h ite s de riv ed
from the T en-S tate N u tritio n Su rvey 1 . A l-
thou gh th is su rvey in clu ded ind iv idu als from
m idd le and uppe r incom e lev els , the sam p le
w as h eav ily w eig h ted tow ard the low er in -
com e group s in each state 1 . H ence , it d id
no t con stitu te a n atio na l po pu latio n sam ple .
F u rth erm o re , th is stud y d id no t g ive in fo r-
m a tion fo r su b jects o lde r than 4 4 yr, and its
app licab ility to o ld er sub jec ts is lim ited . F or
th is reason , and in v iew o f the w id e sp read
u se o f these norm s, w e have dec ided to de rive
new and m o re app licab le standa rds from the
da ta sets o f th e H ea lth and N u tritio na l Ex -
am in atio n Survey I HA N E S I o fthe U nited
2540
S ta te s , co llec ted during 1 97 1 an d 1974 .
The refo re , the pu rpo se o f the p resen t stud y is
to p rov id e n ew percen tiles fo r tr icep s sk in -
fo lds, and es tim a tes o f up pe r arm fat and
m u sc le area de rived from an th ro pom e tric
m easu rem en ts o f w h ite sam p les o f H A N E S
I.
M ate r ials and m eth ods
S amp l e
T his stud y is ba sed u pon a c ros s-se ctiona l sam p le of
19 .09 7 wh ite su b je cts aged 1 to 74 . of w hom 8.2 04 w ere
m ale s and 10 .89 3 w ere fem a les de riv ed from the H ealth
an d
Nu tritiona l Ex am ina tion Su rvey I da ta se ts. Th e
d ata w ere c o lle c ted du rin g
April 19 71 an d Ju ne 1974
an d the sam ple w as sele cted f rom the N ation al P rob a-
b il ity sam p le th at repre sen ted th e c iv i lian n oninst itu t ion -
al ized popula tio n o f w hite s. T he sam ple size for b lack s
w as to o sm all to b e inc lud ed as p art o fthe presen t no rm s .
Th e m ean va lue s for tric eps sk info ld of age s 1 to 17 fo r
th e
yr of 1 971 to 1 972 h ave been prev ious ly p ublish ed
6 . H ow ev er, nei the r the data for tr icep s sk in fo ld s afte r
17 yr o ld no r an y triceps sk info ld m easurem en ts for any
age s dur ing the yr 1 973 to 1 974 have been publish ed .
S im ila rly . n one o f th e da ta for up per a rm circum fe renc e
h as be en pub lished b efo re .
e surements
U ppe r a rm c ircu mferen ce cm w as m ea sured to th e
n ea rest cm w ith
a s te e l tap e
w ith the n igh t arm h ang ing
I F rom the C en ter fo r H um an G row th and D eve lop -
m en t and th e D ep artm ent o f A nth rop olo gy . U niv ersi ty
o f M ic hig an
A nn A rbo r, M I 48109 .
2 R esearch S cien tist.
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U PPE R A R M FA T A N D M U S C L E A R E A S T A N D A R D S 25 41
re lax ed . T he m eas ure m e n t w as tak en m idw ay be tw een o u t in
p r ev io u s
pu b lic ations ( I ) the calcu latio ns o f u ppe r
th e t ip o f the ac rom ion and o tec ran on pro ces s. T ric ep s arm f at and m u scle areas are o n ly app rox im atio ns . F irs t,
s k in f o ld (m m ) w as m e asu red to the neares t m m w ith a the f orm ulas u t iliz ed assu m e th at the upp er arm is
L ang e sk in f o ld calip er hav ing a pre ssu re o f 1 0 g /m m 2 of cy lind ric al in f orm , an assu m ptio n su b je c t to s om e in -
c on tac t surf ac e area. T h e m e asu rem en t w as tak e n ov e r accu rac y . S ec on d , the e stim ate s o f m us cle are a d o no t
th e tric e ps m us cle
h alf w ay betw ee n the e lbo w an d the tak e in to acc ou n t the hu m e ral d iam eter. an d an y v an ia-
acro m ial proce ss o f th e s cap u la. w i th the sk in f o ld paralle l tion in hum eral d iam ete r is th ere f ore no t acco un tab le .
to the lo ng itud inal ax is o f th e u pp er arm (6 ). H ow e v e r, a rad iograph ic stud y o f arm c om pos itio n o f
w h ite ch ild re n f oun d th e sam e ratio o f m us cle to bon e in
E stim a tes of/at and m u scle areas b o th s ex e s
an d b ef o re an d af ter ado lesc enc e (7 ). s ugg est-
U pp er arm area
A ),
u ppe r arm m usc le area (
M ).
in g that bon e and m u scle inc rease propo rtionate ly . Fur-
and up per arm f at area (
F
w ere de riv e d f rom m eas ure s th en , the es tim ation o f f at area d oe s n o t ad jus t f o r
o f up pe r arm c ircu m f ere nce (
C
co nv e rte d to m m
c
v ariab le sk in f o ld co mp ress ib i lity .
and trice ps sk in f o ld (
T
using the proce du res and res tric -
tions ind icated prev io us ly ( I ) .
I A
w as calcu late d b y th e R esu lts an d d isc u s sio n
c om pu t a t i on :
T ab le I g iv e s th e sam p le siz e an d th e p e r-
IT
w he r e
d
=
,
c e n tile s o f tric ep s sk in f o ld s . T ab le s 2 an d 3
A
( m m 2 )
= X d2 p re se n t th e p e rc e n tile s f o r arm c irc u m fe re n c e ,
e stim ate d arm m u s cle c irc u m f e re n c e , es ti-
2)
M
w as c alc u lated by c om pu tation as f o llow s:
m ate d arm f at, an d m u sc le area.
M ( m m 2 )
=
(C - i rT 2 A s sh o w n b y th e 5 0 th p e rc e n tile v alu e s , th e
41T
f o llo w in g p o in ts are e v id en t: 1 in b o th m ales
an d f e m ales th e in c re ase w ith ag e in u p p e r
3 F mm2 w as de riv e d as f o l low s: arm f at is m o re e v id e n t w h en e x p re sse d in
F mm2
=
A - M term s o f f at are a. Fo r e x am p le, b etw e e n 1
A ll th ese est im ates w e re c alc u lated f o r each s ub jec t . an d 3 0 y r, th e f at are a in m ales in cre ase s b y
T he reaf te r, ag e- and sex -sp ecif ic pe rcen tiles f o r arm ab o u t 9 0 an d 2 0 0 in f em ale s , w h e re as th e
m u scle an d arm f at areas w e re calcu late d . A s po in te d in c re ase in trice p s sk in f o ld am o u n ts to o n ly
T A B L E 1
Pe rce n ti les f o r tricep s s k in f o ld f o r w h ites o f the U n ited S tates
H ealth and N u trit ion E x am inat ion S u rv ey I o f 19 71 to 197 4
T ric e ps s kin fo ld p e rc e n tile s m m 2
g group
n S 0
2 5 5
7 5 9 0 9 5 n S 0
25
5 0 7 5 9 0 9 5
M ales Fem ales
1 1 9 2 2 8 6 7 8 1 0 1 2 1 4 1 6 2 0 4 6 7 8 1 0 1 2 1 4 1 6
2 2 9 2 2 3 6 7 8
1 0 1 2 1 4 1 5 2 0 8
6 8 9 1 0 1 2 1 5
1 6
3 3 9 2 2 0
6 7 8
1 0 I I 1 4 1 5 2 0 8 7
8 9 1 1 1 2 1 4
1 5
4 4 9
2 3 0 6 6 8 9 1 1
1 2 1 4 2 0 8 7 8 8 1 0
1 2 1 4 1 6
5 5 9
2 1 4 6 6 8 9 1 1 1 4 1 5 2 1 9
6 7 8 1 0 1 2 1 5 1 8
6 6 9
1 1 7 S 6 7 8 1 0 1 3
1 6 1 1 8 6
6 8 1 0 1 2 1 4 1 6
7 7 9
1 2 2 S 6 7
9 1 2 1 5 1 7 1 2 6 6 7 9 1 1
1 3 1 6 1 8
8 8 9 1 1 7
5 6 7 8 1 0 1 3
1 6 1 1 8
6 8 9 1 2
1 5 1 8 2 4
9 9 9
1 2 1 6 6 7
1 0 1 3 1 7 1 8 1 2 5 8 8
1 0 1 3 1 6 2 0 2 2
1 0 1 0 9 1 4 6 6
6 8 1 0 1 4 1 8
2 1 1 5 2 7 8
1 0 1 2 1 7 2 3 2 7
1 1 1 1 9 1 2 2 6 6
8 1 1 1 6 2 0 2 4 1 1 7
7 8 1 0 1 3 1 8 2 4 2 8
1 2 1 2 9 1 5 3
6 6 8 1 1
1 4 2 2 2 8 1 2 9 8
9 1 1 1 4 1 8
2 3 2 7
1 3 1 3 9 1 3 4 S
S 7 1 0 1 4 2 2 2 6
1 5 1 8 8 1 2 1 5
2 1 2 6 3 0
1 4 1 4 9 1 3 1 4 S
7 9 1 4 2 1
2 4 1 4 1 9
1 0 1 3 1 6 2 1 2 6 2 8
1 5 1 5 9
1 2 8 4 5 6 8 1 1 1 8 2 4 1 1 7 8 1 0 1 2 1 7 2 1 2 5 3 2
1 6 1 6 9
1 3 1 4 5 6
8 1 2 1 6 2 2
1 4 2 1 0
1 2 1 5 1 8 2 2 2 6
3 1
1 7 1 7 9
1 3 3 5 5
6 8 1 2
1 6 1 9 1 1 4 1 0
1 2 1 3 1 9
2 4 3 0 3 7
1 8 1 8 9 9 1
4 S 6 9
1 3 2 0 2 4
1 0 9 1 0 1 2
1 5 1 8 2 2 2 6
3 0
1 9 2 4 9 5 3 1
4 5 7
1 0 1 5 2 0 2 2
1 0 6 0 1 0
1 1 1 4 1 8
2 4 3 0 3 4
2 5 3 4 9 9 7 1 5
6 8 1 2
1 6 2 0 2 4
1 9 8 7 1 0 1 2 1 6 2 1
2 7 3 4
3 7
3 5 4 4 9
8 0 6 5 6
8 1 2 1 6 2 0
2 3 1 6 1 4 1 2 1 4 1 8 2 3
2 9 3 5 3 8
45 -54 .9 8 98
6 6 8 12 15
2 0 2 5 1 047
1 2 16 20 2 5
3 0 36 40
5 5 6 4 9
7 3 4 5 6 8
1 1 1 4 1 9
2 2 8 0 9
1 2 1 6 2 0 2 5
3 1 3 6
3 8
6 5 7 4 9
1 5 0 3 4
6 8 1 1 1 5
1 9 2 2 1 6 7 0
1 2 1 4
1 8 2 4 2 9 3 4
3 6
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T A B L E 2
P e r c e n t i l e s o f upp er arm c ircm f erence (m m )
an d es tim ate d u pp er
arm
m us cle c ircum f e ren ce (m m ) f or w h ite s o f th e U nite d S tates H e alth
a n d N u tritio n
E x am ination S u rv ey I o f 197 1 to 1 97 4
Arm c irc u m fe re n c e m m
Arm
m us c le c irc um fe re nc e m m
g group
S 0 2 5 5 0 7 5 9 0 9 5 5 1 0 2 5 5 0 7 5 9 0 9 5
Ma l e s
1 1 9 1 4 2 1 4 6 1 5 0 1 5 9 1 7 0 1 7 6 1 8 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 9 1 2 7 1 3 5 1 4 4 1 4 7
2 2 9 1 4 1 1 4 5 1 5 3 1 6 2
1 7 0 1 7 8 1 8 5 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 2 1 3 0 1 4 0 1 4 6 1 5 0
3 3 9 1 5 0
1 5 3 1 6 0 1 6 7 1 7 5 1 8 4 1 9 0 1 1 7
1 2 3 1 3 1 1 3 7 1 4 3 1 4 8 1 5 3
4 4 9 1 4 9 1 5 4 1 6 2 1 7 1
1 8 0 1 8 6 1 9 2 1 2 3 1 2 6 1 3 3 1 4 1 1 4 8
1 5 6 1 5 9
5 5 9 1 5 3 1 6 0 1 6 7 1 7 5 1 8 5
1 9 5 2 0 4 1 2 8 1 3 3 1 4 0 1 4 7 1 5 4
1 6 2 1 6 9
6 6 9 1 5 5 1 5 9 1 6 7 1 7 9
1 8 8 2 0 9 2 2 8 1 3 1 1 3 5 1 4 2 1 5 1
1 6 1 1 7 0 1 7 7
7 7 9 1 6 2 1 6 7 1 7 7 1 8 7
2 0 1 2 2 3 2 3 0 1 3 7 1 3 9 1 5 1 1 6 0 1 6 8 1 7 7
1 9 0
8 8 9 1 6 2 1 7 0 1 7 7 1 9 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 4 5 1 4 0
1 4 5 1 5 4 1 6 2 1 7 0 1 8 2 1 8 7
9 9 9 1 7 5 1 7 8 1 8 7 2 0 0 2 1 7 2 4 9 2 5 7 1 5 1 1 5 4 1 6 1 1 7 0 1 8 3 1 9 6
2 0 2
1 0 1 0 9 1 8 1 1 8 4 1 9 6 2 1 0 2 3 1 2 6 2 2 7 4 1 5 6 1 6 0
1 6 6 1 8 0 1 9 1 2 0 9 2 2 1
1 1 1 1 9 1 8 6 1 9 0 2 0 2 2 2 3
2 4 4 2 6 1 2 8 0 1 5 9 1 6 5 1 7 3
1 8 3 1 9 5 2 0 5 2 3 0
1 2 1 2 9 1 9 3
2 0 0 2 1 4 2 3 2 2 5 4 2 8 2 3 0 3 1 6 7 1 7 1 1 8 2
1 9 5 2 1 0 2 2 3 2 4 1
1 3 1 3 9 1 9 4 2 1 1 2 2 8
2 4 7 2 6 3 2 8 6 3 0 1 1 7 2 1 7 9
1 9 6 2 1 1 2 2 6 2 3 8 2 4 5
1 4 1 4 9 2 2 0 2 2 6 2 3 7 2 5 3 2 8 3 3 0 3 3 2 2 1 8 9 1 9 9 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 0 2 6 0 2 6 4
1 5 1 5 9 2 2 2
2 2 9 2 4 4 2 6 4 2 8 4 3 1 1 3 2 0 1 9 9
2 0 4 2 1 8 2 3 7 2 5 4 2 6 6 2 7 2
1 6 1 6 9 2 4 4 2 4 8 2 6 2 2 7 8 3 0 3 3 2 4 3 4 3 2 1 3 2 2 5 2 3 4 2 4 9 2 6 9
2 8 7 2 9 6
1 7 1 7 9 2 4 6 2 5 3 2 6 7 2 8 5 3 0 8 3 3 6 3 4 7 2 2 4 2 3 1 2 4 5 2 5 8 2 7 3 2 9 4 3 1 2
1 8 1 8 9 2 4 5
2 6 0 2 7 6 2 9 7 3 2 1 3 5 3 3 7 9 2 2 6 2 3 7 2 5 2 2 6 4 2 8 3
2 9 8 3 2 4
1 9 2 4 9 2 6 2
2 7 2 2 8 8 3 0 8 3 3 1 3 5 5 3 7 2 2 3 8 2 4 5 2 5 7
2 7 3 2 8 9 3 0 9 3 2 1
2 5 3 4 9 2 7 1 2 8 2 3 0 0 3 1 9
3 4 2 3 6 2 3 7 5 2 4 3 2 5 0 2 6 4 2 7 9 2 9 8 3 1 4
3 2 6
3 5 4 4 9 2 7 8 2 8 7 3 0 5 3 2 6 3 4 5 3 6 3 3 7 4 2 4 7 2 5 5 2 6 9
2 8 6 3 0 2 3 1 8 3 2 7
4 5 5 4 9 2 6 7 2 8 1 3 0 1
3 2 2 3 4 2 3 6 2 3 7 6 2 3 9 2 4 9 2 6 5 2 8 1 3 0 0 3 1 5 3 2 6
5 5 6 4 9 2 5 8 2 7 3 2 9 6 3 1 7 3 3 6 3 5 5 3 6 9 2 3 6 2 4 5 2 6 0 2 7 8
2 9 5 3 1 0 3 2 0
6 5 7 4 9 2 4 8 2 6 3 2 8 5 3 0 7 3 2 5 3 4 4
3 5 5 2 2 3 2 3 5 2 5 1 2 6 8 2 8 4 2 9 8 3 0 6
25 42 FR IS A N C H O
1-1.9
2 - 2 . 9
3 - 3 . 9
4-4.9
5 - 5 . 9
6 - 6 . 9
7 - 7 . 9
8-8.9
9-9.9
10- 10 . 9
11- 11 . 9
12- 12 . 9
1 3 1 3 9
14- 14 . 9
15- 15 . 9
16- 16 . 9
17- 17 . 9
1 8- 1 8 .9
19- 24 . 9
25- 34 . 9
3 5 4 4 9
45- 54 . 9
55- 64 . 9
65- 74 . 9
F e ma l e s
1 3 8 1 4 2 1 4 8 1 5 6 1 6 4 1 7 2 1 7 7 1 0 5
1 4 2 1 4 5 1 5 2 1 6 0 1 6 7 1 7 6 1 8 4 1 1 1
1 4 3 1 5 0 1 5 8 1 6 7 1 7 5 1 8 3 1 8 9 1 1 3
1 4 9 1 5 4 1 6 0 1 6 9 1 7 7 1 8 4 1 9 1 1 1 5
1 5 3 1 5 7 1 6 5 1 7 5 1 8 5 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 2 5
1 5 6 1 6 2 1 7 0 1 7 6 1 8 7 2 0 4 2 1 1 1 3 0
1 6 4 1 6 7 1 7 4 1 8 3 1 9 9 2 1 6 2 3 1 1 2 9
1 6 8 1 7 2 1 8 3 1 9 5 2 1 4 2 4 7 2 6 1 1 3 8
1 7 8 1 8 2 1 9 4 2 1 1 2 2 4 2 5 1 2 6 0 1 4 7
1 7 4 1 8 2 1 9 3 2 1 0 2 2 8 2 5 1 2 6 5 1 4 8
1 8 5 1 9 4 2 0 8 2 2 4 2 4 8 2 7 6 3 0 3 1 5 0
1 9 4 2 0 3 2 1 6 2 3 7 2 5 6 2 8 2 2 9 4 1 6 2
2 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 4 3 2 7 1 3 0 1 3 3 8 1 6 9
2 1 4 2 2 3 2 3 7 2 5 2 2 7 2 3 0 4 3 2 2 1 7 4
2 0 8 2 2 1 2 3 9 2 5 4 2 7 9 3 0 0 3 2 2 1 7 5
2 1 8 2 2 4 2 4 1 2 5 8 2 8 3 3 1 8 3 3 4 1 7 0
2 2 0 2 2 7 2 4 1 2 6 4 2 9 5 3 2 4 3 5 0 1 7 5
2 2 2 2 2 7 2 4 1 2 5 8 2 8 1 3 1 2 3 2 5 1 7 4
22 1 230 2 47 2 65
2 9 0
31 9 34 5 1 79
2 3 3 2 4 0 2 5 6 2 7 7 3 0 4 3 4 2 3 6 8 1 8 3
2 4 1 2 5 1 2 6 7 2 9 0 3 1 7 3 5 6 3 7 8 1 8 6
24 2 256 2 74 2 99 3 28 36 2 38 4 1 87
2 4 3 2 5 7 2 8 0 3 0 3 3 3 5 3 6 7 3 8 5 1 8 7
2 4 0 2 5 2 2 7 4 2 9 9 3 2 6 3 5 6 3 7 3 1 8 5
1 1 1 1 1 7 1 2 4 1 3 2 1 3 9 1 4 3
1 1 4 1 1 9 1 2 6 1 3 3 1 4 2 1 4 7
1 1 9 1 2 4 1 3 2 1 4 0 1 4 6 1 5 2
1 2 1 1 2 8 1 3 6 1 4 4 1 5 2 1 5 7
1 2 8 1 3 4 1 4 2 1 5 1 1 5 9 1 6 5
1 3 3 1 3 8 1 4 5 1 5 4 1 6 6 1 7 1
1 3 5 1 4 2 1 5 1 1 6 0 1 7 1 1 7 6
1 4 0 1 5 1 1 6 0 1 7 1 1 8 3 1 9 4
1 5 0 1 5 8 1 6 7 1 8 0 1 9 4 1 9 8
15 0 15 9 17 0 18 0 190 1 97
1 5 8 1 7 1 1 8 1 1 9 6 2 1 7 2 2 3
1 6 6 1 8 0 1 9 1 2 0 1 2 1 4 2 2 0
1 7 5 1 8 3 1 9 8 2 1 1 2 2 6 2 4 0
17 9 19 0 20 1 21 6 2 32 2 47
1 7 8 1 8 9 2 0 2 2 1 5 2 2 8 2 4 4
1 8 0 1 9 0 2 0 2 2 1 6 2 3 4 2 4 9
1 8 3 1 9 4 2 0 5 2 2 1 2 3 9 2 5 7
1 7 9 1 9 1 2 0 2 2 1 5 2 3 7 2 4 5
1 8 5 1 9 5 2 0 7 2 2 1 2 3 6 2 4 9
1 8 8 1 9 9 2 1 2 2 2 8 2 4 6 2 6 4
1 9 2 2 0 5 2 1 8 2 3 6 2 5 7 2 7 2
1 9 3 2 0 6 2 2 0 2 3 8 2 6 0 2 7 4
19 6 2 09 22 5 2 44 2 66 2 80
19 5 2 08 225 2 44 2 64 2 79
. 2 0 in m ales an d 1 0 0 in f em ale s .
In b o th d c circ u m f e re n c e in c rease s b y ab o u t 1 2 0 in
m ales an d f e m ale s , th e in cre ase w ith ag e in m ale s an d b y ab o u t 7 1 in f e m ale s . In co n -
m u sc le circ u m f e re n c e is le ss m ark e d th an th e trast, th e m u sc le are a w ith in th e sam e ag e
in cre as es o b se rv e d in m u sc le are a. T h e m u s - in te rv al in c rease s m o re th an 3 5 0 in m ale s
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T A B L E 3
Percent i les fo r e stim a te s o f u pp er arm fa t area (m m 2) an d u p p e r a rm m us c le a re a m m 2 fo r w h ite s o f th e U nited
S tates H ealth E x am inat ion S u rv e y I o f 197 1 to 1 97 4
Arm m us cle a re a
p erc en tile s m m2
Arm fa t a re a p erc en tile s
m m 2
g group
5 0 2 5 5 0
75 9 0 9 5 5 1 0 2 5
5 0 7 5 9 0 9 5
M al e s
1 1 9 9 5 6 1 0 1 4 1 1 3 3 1 2 7 8 1 4 4 7 1 6 4 4 1 7 2 0 4 5 2 4 8 6 5 9 0 7 4 1 8 9 5 1 0 3 6 1 1 7 6
2 2 9 9 7 3 1 0 4 0 1 1 9 0 1 3 4 5 1 5 5 7 1 6 9 0 1 7 8 7 4 3 4
5 0 4 5 7 8 7 3 7 8 7 1 1 0 4 4 1 1 4 8
3 3 9 1 0 9 5 1 2 0 1 1 3 5 7 1 4 8 4 1 6 1 8 1 7 5 0 1 8 5 3
4 6 4 5 1 9 5 9 0 7 3 6 8 6 8 1 0 7 1 1 1 5 1
4 4 9 1 2 0 7 1 2 6 4 1 4 0 8 1 5 7 9
1 7 4 7 1 9 2 6 2 0 0 8 4 2 8 4 9 4 5 9 8 7 2 2 8 5 9 9 8 9 1 0 8 5
5 5 9 1 2 9 8 1 4 1 1 1 5 5 0 1 7 2 0 1 8 8 4
2 0 8 9 2 2 8 5 4 4 6 4 8 8 5 8 2 7 1 3 9 1 4 1 1 7 6 1 2 9 9
6 6 9 1 3 6 0 1 4 4 7 1 6 0 5 1 8 1 5 2 0 5 6
2 2 9 7 2 4 9 3 3 7 1 4 4 6 5 3 9 6 7 8 8 9 6 1 1 1 5 1 5 1 9
7 7 9 1 4 9 7 1 5 4 8 1 8 0 8 2 0 2 7 2 2 4 6 2 4 9 4 2 8 8 6 4 2 3 4 7 3 5 7 4 7 5 8 1 0 1 1
1 3 9 3 1 5 1 1
8 8 9 1 5 5 0 1 6 6 4 1 8 9 5 2 0 8 9 2 2 9 6 2 6 2 8
2 7 8 8 4 1 0 4 6 0 5 8 8 7 2 5 1 0 0 3 1 2 4 8 1 5 5 8
9 9 9 1 8 1 1 1 8 8 4 2 0 6 7 2 2 8 8 2 6 5 7
3 0 5 3 3 2 5 7 4 8 5 5 2 7 6 3 5 8 5 9 1 2 5 2 1 8 6 4 2 0 8 1
1 0 1 0 9 1 9 3 0 2 0 2 7 2 1 8 2 2 5 7 5 2 9 0 3 3 4 8 6 3 8 8 2 5 2 3 5 4 3 7 3 8 9 8 2 1 3 7 6 1 9 0 6 2 6 0 9
1 1 1 1 9 2 0 1 6 2 1 5 6 2 3 8 2 2 6 7 0 3 0 2 2 3 3 5 9 4 2 2 6 5 3 6 5 9 5 7 5 4 1 1 4 8 1 7 1 0 2 3 4 8 2 5 7 4
1 2 1 2 9 2 2 1 6 2 3 3 9 2 6 4 9 3 0 2 2
3 4 9 6 3 9 6 8 4 6 4 0 5 5 4 6 5 0 8 7 4 1 1 7 2 1 5 5 8 2 5 3 6 3 5 8 0
1 3 1 3 9 2 3 6 3 2 5 4 6 3 0 4 4 3 5 5 3 4 0 8 1 4 5 0 2 4 7 9 4 4 7 5 5 7 0 8 1 2 1 0 9 6 1 7 0 2 2 7 4 4 3 3 2 2
1 4 1 4 9 2 8 3 0 3 1 4 7 3 5 8 6 3 9 6 3 4 5 7 5 5 3 6 8 5 5 3 0 4 5 3 5 6 3 7 8 6 1 0 8 2 1 6 0 8 2 7 4 6 3 5 0 8
1 5 1 5 9 3 1 3 8 3 3 1 7 3 7 8 8 4 4 8 1 5 1 3 4 5 6 3 1 5 9 0 0 5 2 1 5 9 5 6 9 0 9 3 1 1 4 2 3 2 4 3 4 3 1 0 0
1 6 1 6 9 3 6 2 5 4 0 4 4 4 3 5 2 4 9 5 1 5 7 5 3 6 5 7 6 6 9 8 0 5 4 2 5 9 3 8 4 4 1 0 7 8 1 7 4 6 2 2 8 0 3 0 4 1
1 7 1 7 9 3 9 9 8 4 2 5 2 4 7 7 7 5 2 8 6 5 9 5 0 6 8 8 6 7 7 2 6 5 9 8 6 9 8
8 2 7 1 0 9 6 1 6 3 6 2 4 0 7 2 8 8 8
1 8 1 8 9 4 0 7 0 4 4 8 1 5 0 6 6 5 5 5 2 6 3 7 4 7 0 6 7 8 3 5 5 5 6 0 6 6 5 8 6 0 1 2 6 4 1 9 4 7 3 3 0 2 3 9 2 8
1 9 2 4 9 4 5 0 8 4 7 7 7 5 2 7 4 5 9 1 3 6 6 6 0 7 6 0 6 8 2 0 0 5 9 4 7 4 3 9 6 3 1 4 0 6
2 2 3 1 3 0 9 8 3 6 5 2
2 5 3 4 9 4 6 9 4 4 9 6 3 5 5 4 1 6 2 1 4 7 0 6 7 7 8 4 7 8 4 3 6 6 7 5 8 3 1 1 1 7 4 1 7 5 2 2 4 5 9 3 2 4 6 3 7 8 6
3 5 4 4 9 4 8 4 4 5 1 8 1 5 7 4 0 6 4 9 0 7 2 6 5 8 0 3 4 8 4 8 8 7 0 3 8 5 1 1 3 1 0 1 7 9 2 2 4 6 3 3 0 9 8
3 6 2 4
4 5 5 4 9 4 5 4 6 4 9 4 6 5 5 8 9 6 2 9 7 7 1 4 2 7 9 1 8 8 4 5 8 7 4 9 9 2 2 1 2 5 4
1 7 4 1 2 3 5 9 3 2 4 5 3 9 2 8
5 5 6 4 9 4 4 2 2 4 7 8 3 5 3 8 1 6 1 4 4 6 9 1 9 7 6 7 0 8 1 4 9 6 5 8 8 3 9 1 1 6 6 1 6 4 5 2 2 3 6 2 9 7 6 3 4 6 6
6 5 7 4 9 3 9 7 3 4 4 1 1 5 0 3 1 5 7 1 6 6 4 3 2 7 0 7 4 7 4 5 3 5 7 3 7 5 3 1 1 2 2 1 6 2 1 2 1 9 9 2 8 7 6 3 3 2 7
F e m a l e s
1 1 9 8 8 5 9 7 3 1 0 8 4 1 2 2 1 1 3 7 8 1 5 3 5 1 6 2 1 4 0 1 4 6 6
5 7 8 7 0 6 8 4 7 1 0 2 2 1 1 4 0
2 2 9 9 7 3 1 0 2 9 1 1 1 9 1 2 6 9 1 4 0 5 1 5 9 5 1 7 2 7 4 6 9 5 2 6 6 4 2 7 4 7
8 9 4 1 0 6 1 1 1 7 3
3 3 9 1 0 1 4 1 1 3 3 1 2 2 7
1 3 9 6 1 5 6 3 1 6 9 0 1 8 4 6 4 7 3 5 2 9 6 5 6 8 2 2 9 6 7
1 1 0 6 1 1 5 8
4 4 9 1 0 5 8 1 1 7 1 1 3 1 3 1 4 7 5 1 6 4 4 1 8 3 2 1 9 5 8 4 9 0 5 4 1 6 5 4
7 6 6 9 0 7 1 1 0 9 1 2 3 6
5 5 9 1 2 3 8 1 3 0 1 1 4 2 3 1 5 9 8 1 8 2 5 2 0 1 2 2 1 5 9 4 7 0 5 2 9 6 4 7
8 1 2 9 9 1 1 3 3 0 1 5 3 6
6 6 9 1 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 5 1 3 1 6 8 3 1 8 7 7 2 1 8 2 2 3 2 3 4 6 4 5 0 8 6 3 8 8 2 7 1 0 0 9 1 2 6 3 1 4 3 6
7 7 9 1 3 3 0 1 4 4 1 1 6 0 2 1 8 1 5 2 0 4 5 2 3 3 2 2 4 6 9 4 9 1
5 6 0 7 0 6 9 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 4 0 7 1 6 4 4
8 8 9 1 5 1 3 1 5 6 6 1 8 0 8 2 0 3 4 2 3 2 7 2 6 5 7 2 9 9 6 5 2 7 6 3 4 7 6 9
1 0 4 2 1 3 8 3 1 8 7 2 2 4 8 2
9 9 9 1 7 2 3 1 7 8 8 1 9 7 6 2 2 2 7 2 5 7 1 2 9 8 7 3 1 1 2 6 4 2 6 9 0 9 3 3 1 2 1 9 1 5 8 4 2 1 7 1 2 5 2 4
1 0 1 0 9 1 7 4 0 1 7 8 4 2 0 1 9 2 2 9 6 2 5 8 3 2 8 7 3 3 0 9 3 6 1 6 7 0 2 8 4 2 1 1 4 1 1 6 0 8
2 5 0 0 3 0 0 5
1 1 1 1 9 1 7 8 4 1 9 8 7 2 3 1 6
2 6 1 2 3 0 7 1 3 7 3 9 3 9 5 3 7 0 7 8 0 2 1 0 1 5 1 3 0 1 1 9 4 2 2 7 3 0 3 6 9 0
1 2 1 2 9 2 0 9 2
2 1 8 2 2 5 7 9 2 9 0 4 3 2 2 5 3 6 5 5 3 8 4 7 7 8 2 8 5 4 1 0 9 0 1 5 1 1
2 0 5 6 2 6 6 6 3 3 6 9
1 3 1 3 9 2 2 6 9 2 4 2 6 2 6 5 7 3 1 3 0
3 5 2 9 4 0 8 1 4 5 6 8 7 2 6 8 3 8
1 2 1 9 1 6 2 5 2 3 7 4 3 2 7 2 4 1 5 0
1 4 1 4 9 2 4 1 8 2 5 6 2 2 8 7 4
3 2 2 0 3 7 0 4 4 2 9 4 4 8 5 0 9 8 1 1 0 4 3 1 4 2 3 1 8 1 8 2 4 0 3 3 2 5 0 3 7 6 5
1 5 1 5 9 2 4 2 6 2 5 1 8 2 8 4 7 3 2 4 8 3 6 8 9 4 1 2 3 4 7 5 6 8 3 9 1 1 2 6 1 3 9 6
1 8 8 6 2 5 4 4 3 0 9 3 4 1 9 5
1 6 1 6 9 2 3 0 8 2 5 6 7
2 8 6 5 3 2 4 8 3 7 1 8 4 3 5 3 4 9 4 6 1 1 2 6 1 3 5 1 1 6 6 3 2 0 0 6 2 5 9 8 3 3 7 4 4 2 3 6
1 7 1 7 9 2 4 4 2 2 6 7 4 2 9 9 6 3 3 3 6 3 8 8 3
4 5 5 2 5 2 5 1 1 0 4 2 1 2 6 7 1 4 6 3 2 1 0 4 2 9 7 7 3 8 6 4 5 1 5 9
1 8 1 8 9 2 3 9 8 2 5 3 8 2 9 1 7 3 2 4 3
3 6 9 4 4 4 6 1 4 7 6 7 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 1 6 1 6 2 1 0 4 2 6 1 7 3 5 0 8 3 7 3 3
1 9 2 4 9 2 5 3 8 2 7 2 8 3 0 2 6 3 4 0 6
3 8 7 7 4 4 3 9 4 9 4 0 1 0 4 6 1 1 9 8
1 5 9 6 2 1 6 6 2 9 5 9 4 0 5 0 4 8 9 6
2 5 3 4 9 2 6 6 1
2 8 2 6 3 1 4 8 3 5 7 3 4 1 3 8 4 8 0 6 5 5 4 1 1 1 7 3 1 3 9 9
1 8 4 1 2 5 4 8 3 5 1 2 4 6 9 0 5 5 6 0
3 5 4 4 9 2 7 5 0 2 9 4 8
3 3 5 9 3 7 8 3 4 4 2 8 5 2 4 0 5 8 7 7 1 3 3 6 1 6 1 9 2 1 5 8 2 8 9 8 3 9 3 2 5 0 9 3 5 8 4 7
4 5 5 4 9 2 7 8 4 2 9 5 6
3 3 7 8 3 8 5 8 4 5 2 0 5 3 7 5 5 9 6 4 1 4 5 9 1 8 0 3
2 4 4 7 3 2 4 4 4 2 2 9 5 4 1 6 6 1 4 0
5 5 6 4 9 2 7 8 4 3 0 6 3 3 4 7 7 4 0 4 5 4 7 5 0 5 6 3 2 6 2 4 7 1 3 4 5 1 8 7 9 2 5 2 0
3 3 6 9 4 3 6 0 5 2 7 6 6 1 5 2
6 5 7 4 9 2 7 3 7 3 0 1 8 3 4 4 4 4 0 1 9
4 7 3 9 5 5 6 6 6 2 1 4 1 3 6 3 1 6 8 1 2 2 6 6
3 0 6 3 3 9 4 3 4 9 1 4 5 5 3 0
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an d ab o u t 1 9 0 in f e m ales . In o th er w o rd s,
b o th th e tric ep s s k in f o ld th ic k n e ss an d esti-
m ate s o f m u sc le circ u m f e re n c e u n d ere stim ate
th e m ag n itu d e o f th e tissu e c h an g e s in th e
u p p e r arm . T h is f in d in g is n o t su rp ris in g in
v ie w o f th e f act th at it tak e s m o re f at to c o v e r
a larg e r lim b w ith a g iv e n th ic k n e ss o f s u b -
cu tan e o u s f at th an it d o e s to c o v e r a s m aller
lim b w ith a c o m p arab le th ic k n es s . A c c o rd -
in g ly , tw o in d iv id u als w ith th e sam e tric ep s
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sk in fo ld th ickn ess b u t d iffe ren t a rm c ircum -
fe ren ce m ay d iffer d ra stica lly in th e a rea o f
fa t an d m u sc le. F o r exam ple , a 6 -y r-o ld boy
w ith a triceps sk in fo ld th ickn es s o f4 m m and
a rm c ircum fe ren ce o f 15 0 m m w ould b e b e-
low th e 5 th p e rcen tile fo r sk in fo ld th ickn es s
an d a rm m usc le c ircum ference. H ow ev e r, if
h is a rm circum ference equa led ab ou t 180 m m
50 th p ercen tile , h e w ou ld have abou t 40 0
m m 2 of fa t a rea and 2100 m m 2 o f m uscle
a rea , w h ich w ou ld p lace h im be tw een the 5 th
and 10 th p ercen tile fo r fa t a rea an d b etw een
the 7 5 th and 90 th pe rcen tile fo r m usc le a rea .
B ased on th e triceps sk in fo ld alo ne , a ch ild
cou ld be c la ssif ied as seve re ly dep le ted o f
calo rie rese rves, w hen in fact he has ad equa te
re se rv es o f bo th ca lo r ie s and pro te ins . It is
ev iden t tha t the se p rob lem s can b e avo id ed
by co nve rting the tr iceps sk in fo ld th ickn es s
and arm c ircum fe ren ce in to fat and m uscle
a rea s. P re sen t s tud ie s in ch ild ren and adu lts
ind ica te th a t fa t a rea s a re system a tically b et-
te r e stim a to rs o f w eig h t o f fa t th an sk in fo ld
th ickn es s 8 . P rev iou s resea rch ind ica te s th at
d iffe ren ces in fa t an d m usc le a rea s are as so -
c iated w ith p ren ata l an d po stna ta l g row th
d ifferences
2 , 9 , 10 .
For these rea son s, it is
recom m ended tha t asses sm en t o f nu tritio na l
sta tu s du rin g grow th an d ad u ltho od be m ade
w ith re fe ren ce to fat and m u sc le a rea s. N ow
tha t hand calcu la to rs a re read ily av ailab le ,
the calcu la tion o f fat an d m u sc le a rea a re
easily pe rfo rm ed . T hey can a lso be o b ta ined
by in te rpo la tion from pub lished nom ogram s
1 1 .
T he p ercen tiles fo r tric eps sk in fo lds and
m u sc le area o f th e p re sen t s tudy a re sy stem -
a tically g rea ter than those g iven in the T en-
S ta te N u tr ition Su rvey 1 . S ince the p resen t
stu dy is based upon a la rge and rep re sen ta tiv e
A m erican sam ple an d since the use fu lness
and v alid ity o f th e an th rop om etr ic a sse ss-
m en t dep en ds o n th e use o f ap pro priate stan -
d ards, it is recom m ended tha t th ese m ore
approp ria te new norm s rep lace those cu r-
ren tly in use 1 . T hese new norm s shou ld be
u sed in con junc tion w ith the n ew w eig h t-fo r-
he igh t pe rcen tile s fo r ch ild ren and adu lts
pu b lish ed in the U nited S ta te s N a tion al
H ea lth S ta tis tic s 1 2 , 1 3 . S ince th ese tw o
no rm s are based on the sam e sam ples and
use the sam e age and pe rcen tile g rou ps, they
prov id e the in vestiga to r w ith a un ifo rm re f-
e rence upon w hich to d iagno se nu tr itiona l
sta tu s du ring grow th and ad u ltho od , an d
avo id cu rren t d iagno stic p rob lem s asso cia ted
w ith the u se o f d iffe ren t se ts o f an th ro pom e t-
ric s tan da rd s 1 4 -16 . O f cou rse , the va lid ity
o f any an th ro pom e tric stan da rd d ep en ds o n
the use to w hich it is g iven , bu t in gene ral
they sho u ld b e rela ted to a func tio na l ou t-
com e such as m orta lity if it is to be o f p ub lic
hea lth v alu e. A fina l cavea t is tha t th e p re sen t
no rm s sh ou ld n o t b e u sed to asse ss ag in g
trend s in m uscle size . Th is is due to the fac t
tha t a fte r the age o f 4 0 yr , the com pressib ility
o f fa t in m a le s an d fem ale s inc rea se s d isp ro -
po rtion ate ly w h ich resu lts in an o ve re stim a-
tion of m usc le an d an unde re stim atio n of fa t
a r ea .
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58 .
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m u scle an d fat w id th s in th e u ppe r arm s and ca lve s
of bo ys and g irls stu d ied cross -sec tio nal ly a t age s 6-
1 6 y ea r s Hu m B i o l 1 9 6 7 : 3 9 : 2 1 1 2 3
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9 . Fn isan ch o A R , K laym an JE , M a tos J. In flu enc e o f
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body com pos itio n and its re la tio nsh ip to line ar
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