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Waist circumference (iliac crest)

human.waist.circumference.iliac

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

Citations

nhanes_anthro_2015_2018who_wc_whr_2008bohr_bmi_waist

Related variables

human.bmihuman.biological_sexhuman.age

Record fields

id
human.waist.circumference.iliac
name
Waist circumference (iliac crest)
definition
Horizontal girth of the abdomen at the uppermost lateral border of the right ilium (iliac crest), end of normal expiration. NHANES/clinical site; distinct level from the omphalion waist.
domain
human
system
whole_body
region
abdomen
type
continuous
entity
UBERON:0000916
quality
PATO:0001648
relation
RO:0000053
unit
mm
iso_ref
NHANES Anthropometry Procedures Manual (iliac-crest site)
allowed_range
min
500
max
1800
distributions
  • model
    empirical_percentiles
    population
    id
    nhanes_anthro_2015_2018
    name
    US civilian 20+ (NHANES 2015-2018)
    sampling
    civilian_representative
    sex
    M
    years
    2015-2018
    measurement_protocol
    waist@iliac_crest
    source
    nhanes_anthro_2015_2018
    params
    percentiles
      • 50
      • 1029
    unit
    mm
    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
    measurement_protocol
    waist@iliac_crest
    source
    nhanes_anthro_2015_2018
    params
    percentiles
      • 50
      • 984
    unit
    mm
    conditioned_on
    • human.biological_sex
    • human.age
    notes
    Median-only from the published report; full percentiles need microdata re-pull.
dependencies
incoming
  • human.bmi
  • human.biological_sex
  • human.age
outgoing
(none)
evidence
definition_sources
  • nhanes_anthro_2015_2018
relationship_sources
  • who_wc_whr_2008
  • bohr_bmi_waist
confidence
high
status
draft
version
0.1.0
reviewer
notes
Different anatomical level from the omphalion waist; civilian-representative, runs larger.