AJCN North Carolina Research Campus
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Purchase Article
Right arrow View Shopping Cart
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Colliver, J. A.
Right arrow Articles by Frank, A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Colliver, J. A.
Right arrow Articles by Frank, A.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Colliver, J. A.
Right arrow Articles by Frank, A.

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 38, 640-647, Copyright © 1983 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

ORIGINAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Similarity of obesity indices in clinical studies of obese adults: a factor analytic study

JA Colliver, S Frank and A Frank

The similarity of measurements obtained with six commonly used obesity indices was assessed with correlational and factor analyses performed on data for 951 obese adults participating in a weight reduction study. Intercorrelations among the indices were found to be very high, with a mean of 0.96. A factor analysis of the six indices resulted in a single factor which accounts for 97% of the aggregate variance in the six indices. A factor analysis of the six indices plus height and weight resulted in two factors. The six indices loaded nearly perfectly on one factor and not at all on the second. Height loaded perfectly on the second factor. The results of these analyses constitute strong empirical evidence that the obesity indices are measuring the same thing and that factor is independent of height. Although anthropological or other special studies may necessitate the use of a particular index, these results suggest that it should make little difference which of the six indices is used in a clinical study of obesity with obese adults.




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1983 by The American Society for Nutrition