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Body mass (weight)

human.body_mass

status: draft confidence: high reviewer: none (unreviewed)

Citations

ansur_ii_2012nhanes_anthro_2015_2018forensic_segment_stature

Related variables

human.biological_sexhuman.staturehuman.agehuman.bmihuman.waist.circumference.omphalionhuman.hip.circumferencehuman.chest.circumference

Record fields

id
human.body_mass
name
Body mass (weight)
definition
Total body mass, unclothed or in light clothing, measured on a calibrated scale.
domain
human
system
whole_body
region
whole_body
type
continuous
entity
UBERON:0000468
quality
PATO:0000125
relation
RO:0000053
unit
kg
iso_ref
ISO 7250-1:2017 (body mass; cross-walk)
allowed_range
min
25
max
400
distributions
  • model
    normal
    population
    id
    ansur_ii_2012
    name
    US Army (ANSUR II 2012)
    sampling
    military_screened
    sex
    M
    n
    4082
    years
    2012
    source
    ansur_ii_2012
    params
    mean
    85.5
    sd
    14.2
    unit
    kg
    conditioned_on
    • human.biological_sex
    • human.age
  • model
    normal
    population
    id
    ansur_ii_2012
    name
    US Army (ANSUR II 2012)
    sampling
    military_screened
    sex
    F
    n
    1986
    years
    2012
    source
    ansur_ii_2012
    params
    mean
    67.8
    sd
    11
    unit
    kg
    conditioned_on
    • human.biological_sex
    • human.age
  • model
    empirical_percentiles
    population
    id
    nhanes_anthro_2015_2018
    name
    US civilian 20+ (NHANES 2015-2018)
    sampling
    civilian_representative
    sex
    M
    years
    2015-2018
    source
    nhanes_anthro_2015_2018
    params
    percentiles
      • 50
      • 90.6
    unit
    kg
    conditioned_on
    • human.biological_sex
    • human.age
    notes
    Median-only from the published report; full percentiles need microdata re-pull.
  • model
    empirical_percentiles
    population
    id
    nhanes_anthro_2015_2018
    name
    US civilian 20+ (NHANES 2015-2018)
    sampling
    civilian_representative
    sex
    F
    years
    2015-2018
    source
    nhanes_anthro_2015_2018
    params
    percentiles
      • 50
      • 77.5
    unit
    kg
    conditioned_on
    • human.biological_sex
    • human.age
    notes
    Median-only from the published report; full percentiles need microdata re-pull.
dependencies
incoming
  • human.biological_sex
  • human.stature
  • human.age
outgoing
  • human.bmi
  • human.waist.circumference.omphalion
  • human.hip.circumference
  • human.chest.circumference
evidence
definition_sources
  • ansur_ii_2012
  • nhanes_anthro_2015_2018
relationship_sources
  • forensic_segment_stature
confidence
high
status
draft
version
0.1.0
reviewer
notes
Non-monotonic with age (peak 50s-60s); two population priors kept separate.