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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 21.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2013 May 17;58(12):4099–4118. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/12/4099

Table 2.

Body habitus characteristics

Parameter Mean ± S.D. Median Range
Age (y) 53.9 ± 7.5 52.5 40 – 73
Height (cm) 164.5 ± 6.6 163.8 150 – 183
Circumference of chest superior to breast (cm) 91.3 ± 8.3 90.4 60 – 109
Circumference of chest inferior to breast (cm) 87.1 ± 8.4 86.1 73 – 106
Chin to nipple vertical distance (cm) 28.1 ± 3.2 28 22 – 36
Nipple to umbilicus vertical distance (cm) 18.1 ± 3.4 18.5 8 – 25

S.D. represents standard deviation

Measurements performed with study participant standing upright