Development of the Health Index (HI) Statistical Equation as an Alternative Clinical Parameter to the Body Mass Index in the Prediction of Body Fat Percentage
Marlow B. Hernandez, Palav L Shah, P. Hardigan, C. Blavo, R. Tofts, D. Sider, Vidya V. Pai, Ashik Lawrence, Imran Ally, Jad Dergham, Andrew C. Gratzon, E. McDaniel, Armen Boyrazian, James T. Bennett, S. Thames, Kaitlin McCurdy, J. Mcconnell, U. Khalid, Samina R Chowdhury, H. Brar, O. Raj, R. Talwar
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Metabolic syndrome is increasing in prevalence in the United States. Body Mass Index is a formula most commonly used to assess body fat percentage. However, the formula contains significant limitations and inefficiencies. As a result, the Health Index equation was developed as an alternative to the BMI. Data from 79 healthy individuals, as defined by the absence of metabolic syndrome risk factors, was collected and a relationship was established between their BMI and body fat percentage. The results showed the BMI produced a poor correlation with the body fat percentage while the Health Index metric produced a stronger correlation to actual body fat percentage.
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