Details of Element: Right Thigh Circumference (Cm)
Component of Body Composition

Unique Name: rithc
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? No

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 8641 3671 12312
Number of Distinct Participants 1500 906 2406
Year First Collected 1959 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1998 1998 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Continuous
Units of Measure: cm
Precision: ##.#
Anticipated Range: 42.0 thru 65.0
Masterfile Index: 161-03-60
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History:
    Behnke measurements: The crotch level and the usually well-defined gluteal fold at the lower border of the glutius maximus.

    K value = 27.4 **pi Dr. Reubin Andres **fc Every visit. January 28, 1998

    Master File Documentation

    File Type: 161

    Card: 3

    Columns: 60-62

    Variable: right thigh circumference (cm)

    Clarification of data element descriptions:
    Units - OK; minimum = 40; maximum = 90

    Descriptive history:
    The right thigh circumference is part of the Behnke evaluation. Measurements in BLSA men were begun in 1960 and in BLSA women in 1978. The right thigh circumference is obtained with a flexible tape measure, manipulated to maintain close contact with the skin without compression of underlying tissues. The right thigh circumference is measured at the crotch level at the gluteal fold.

    Data collection methodology:
    Anthropometry

    Related protocols:
    Body composition

    Investigators:
    Dr. Reubin Andres (primary investigator)
    GRC Box-24
    andresr@grc.nia.nih.gov
    (410)-558-8194

    Frequency of data collection:
    Every visit.

    Inclusion/exclusion rules:
    None.

    Publications using these data:
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