Assessment of the Heath-Carter somatotype in adults using bioelectrical impedance analysis

Abstract

Abstract Using cross-sectional anthropometric data of 897 ethnically Russian individuals aged 16-61 years from the European part of Russia (Arkhangelsk, Moscow, and Samara), we checked the accuracy of our previously proposed bioimpedance-based formulae for the assessment of the endomorphy and mesomorphy ratings of the Heath-Carter somatotype, and suggested the revised formulae: ENDOBIA= -3,399/R + 0.992×BMI - 0.0102×BMI 2 -0.85×Sex - 5.93 (r 2=0.80; SEE=0.91); MESOBIA = 1,578/R + 0479×BMI - 0.077×BM - 0.015×Age + 0.81×Sex - 4.14 (r 2=0.87; SEE=0.54), where R is the whole-body resistance at 50 kHz (Ohm), BMI- body mass index (kg/m2), Sex= 1 (male), 0 (female), BM- body mass (kg), Age (years). These and previously proposed formulae for adults provided close and unbiased estimates of the endomorphy and mesomorphy ratings and can be used for the assessment of the somatotype in ethnically Russian adults.