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Lean (fat-free) mass

human.lean_mass

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

Citations

nhanes_dxa_kelly_2009

Related variables

human.agehuman.biological_sex

Record fields

id
human.lean_mass
name
Lean (fat-free) mass
definition
Fat-free body mass; appendicular lean mass (ALM) reference. Canonical method = DXA.
domain
human
system
whole_body
region
whole_body
type
continuous
entity
UBERON:0001134
quality
PATO:0000125
relation
RO:0000053
unit
kg
allowed_range
min
20
max
100
distributions
  • model
    empirical_percentiles
    population
    id
    nhanes_dxa_kelly_2009
    name
    US civilian (NHANES DXA, Kelly 2009)
    sampling
    civilian_representative
    sex
    M
    years
    1999-2004
    measurement_protocol
    DXA
    source
    nhanes_dxa_kelly_2009
    params
    percentiles
      • 50
      • 28.1
    unit
    kg
    conditioned_on
    • human.biological_sex
    • human.age
    notes
    Appendicular lean mass (ALM). Median-only from the published report; full percentiles need microdata re-pull.
  • model
    empirical_percentiles
    population
    id
    nhanes_dxa_kelly_2009
    name
    US civilian (NHANES DXA, Kelly 2009)
    sampling
    civilian_representative
    sex
    F
    years
    1999-2004
    measurement_protocol
    DXA
    source
    nhanes_dxa_kelly_2009
    params
    percentiles
      • 50
      • 17.2
    unit
    kg
    conditioned_on
    • human.biological_sex
    • human.age
    notes
    Appendicular lean mass (ALM). Median-only from the published report; full percentiles need microdata re-pull.
dependencies
incoming
  • human.age
  • human.biological_sex
outgoing
(none)
evidence
definition_sources
  • nhanes_dxa_kelly_2009
relationship_sources
  • nhanes_dxa_kelly_2009
confidence
medium
status
draft
version
0.1.0
reviewer
notes
Sarcopenia: declines ~3-8%/decade after ~30. Entity skeletal muscle tissue is a proxy (lean = fat-free, broader).