How shape-based anthropometry can complement traditional anthropometric techniques: a cross-sectional study

THELWELL, Michael, CHIU, Chuang-Yuan, BULLAS, Alice, HART, John, WHEAT, Jon and CHOPPIN, Simon (2020). How shape-based anthropometry can complement traditional anthropometric techniques: a cross-sectional study. Scientific Reports, 10 (1), p. 12125.

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Abstract

Abstract: Manual anthropometrics are used extensively in medical practice and epidemiological studies to assess an individual's health. However, traditional techniques reduce the complicated shape of human bodies to a series of simple size measurements and derived health indices, such as the body mass index (BMI), the waist-hip-ratio (WHR) and waist-by-height0.5 ratio (WHT.5R). Three-dimensional (3D) imaging systems capture detailed and accurate measures of external human form and have the potential to surpass traditional measures in health applications. The aim of this study was to investigate how shape measurement can complement existing anthropometric techniques in the assessment of human form. Geometric morphometric methods and principal components analysis were used to extract independent, scale-invariant features of torso shape from 3D scans of 43 male participants. Linear regression analyses were conducted to determine whether novel shape measures can complement anthropometric indices when estimating waist skinfold thickness measures. Anthropometric indices currently used in practice explained up to 52.2% of variance in waist skinfold thickness, while a combined regression model using WHT.5R and shape measures explained 76.5% of variation. Measures of body shape provide additional information regarding external human form and can complement traditional measures currently used in anthropometric practice to estimate central adiposity.

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Additional Information: ** From Springer Nature via Jisc Publications Router ** Licence for this article: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ **Journal IDs: eissn 2045-2322 **Article IDs: publisher-id: s41598-020-69099-4; manuscript: 69099 **History: collection 12-2020; published_online 22-07-2020; online 22-07-2020; registration 08-07-2020; accepted 07-07-2020; submitted 26-02-2020
Uncontrolled Keywords: Article, /631/1647/245/2221, /692/700/478/174, article
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69099-4
Page Range: p. 12125
SWORD Depositor: Colin Knott
Depositing User: Colin Knott
Date Deposited: 23 Jul 2020 14:42
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 00:02
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/26708

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