Details of Element: Left Knee Circumference (Cm)
Component of Body Composition

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

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 8217 3296 11513
Number of Distinct Participants 1473 855 2328
Year First Collected 1959 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1996 1996 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Continuous
Units of Measure: cm
Precision: ##.#
Anticipated Range: 32.0 thru 48.0
Masterfile Index: 161-03-63
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History:
    Behnke measurement: Middle of the patella.
    K value = 18.3
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