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. 2023 Jul 4;12(13):4478. doi: 10.3390/jcm12134478

Table 1.

Body composition parameters.

Parameter Measurement/Calculation
Height Directly measured (m)
Weight Directly measured (kg)
Hip circumference Directly measured (cm)
Waist circumference (WC) Directly measured (cm)
Fat mass (FM) DXA (kg)
Lean mass (LM) DXA (kg)
Android fat mass (AFM) DXA (kg)
Gynoid fat mass (GFM) DXA (kg)
Body mass index (BMI) weight (kg)/height2 (m2)
Waist–hip ratio (WHR) waist (cm)/hip (cm)
Android–gynoid ratio (AGR) AFM (kg)/GFM (kg)
Fat mass index (FMI) FM (kg)/height2 (m2)
Lean mass index (LMI) LM (kg)/height2 (m2)
Body surface area (BSA) Du Bois equation [29]
Body Adiposity Estimator (CUN-BAE) CUN-BAE equation [30]
Estimated lean mass (eLM) Janmahasatian equation [31]

Abbreviations: AFM, android fat mass; GFM, gynoid fat mass; FM, fat mass; LM, lean mass; CUN-BAE, Clínica Universidad de Navarra-Body Adiposity Estimator.