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Corpulence index

Measure of leanness (corpulence) of a person

Measure of leanness (corpulence) of a person

The Corpulence Index (CI) (also Ponderal Index (PI) or Rohrer's Index) is a measure of corpulence, or of leanness in other variants, of a person calculated as a relationship between mass and height. It was first proposed in 1921 as the "Corpulence measure" by Swiss physician Fritz Rohrer and hence is also known as Rohrer's Index. It is similar to the body mass index, but the mass is normalized with the third power of body height rather than the second power. :\mathrm{CI} = \frac{\mathrm{mass}}{\mathrm{height}^3} with \mathrm{mass} in kilograms and \mathrm{height} in metres, giving a measure with the same dimensions as density. The corpulence index yields valid results even for very short and very tall persons, which is a problem with BMI — for example, an ideal body weight for a person 152.4 cm tall (48 kg) will render BMI of 20.7 and CI of 13.6, while for a person 200 cm tall (99 kg), the BMI will be 24.8, very close to the "overweight" threshold of 25, while CI will be 12.4.

Because of this property, it is most commonly used in pediatrics. (For a baby, one can take crown-heel length for the height.) The normal values for infants are about twice as high as for adults, which is the result of their relatively short legs. It does not need to be adjusted for age after adolescence. It has also been shown to have a lower false positive rate in athletes.

The corpulence index is variously defined (the first definition should be preferred due to the use of SI-units kg and m) as follows:

FormulaUnitsValues considered normal or typicalfor a 12-month-old infantbeyond infancy
\text{CI}=\frac{\mathrm{mass}}{\mathrm{height}^3}kg/m32412
url=https://captaincalculator.com/health/weight/ponderal-index-calculator/title = Ponderal Index (Corpulence Index) Calculator}}inch * pound -1/3While this formula appears in some literature, it is not a meaningful corpulence index and should not be used.

In 2015, Sultan Babar showed that CI does not need to be adjusted for age after adolescence.

Significance

  • It plays a role in assessing whether the intrauterine growth restriction of a child is symmetrical or asymmetrical.
  • CI has been shown to have higher sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values than body mass index for determining adiposity.
  • It is used to calculate ectomorphy in the Heath–Carter formula.

Categories

CategoryPI (kg/m3)
Underweight8-11
Normal range11-15
Overweight15-17
Obese17

For infants, units of grams and centimeters are used instead, then the value is multiplied by 100.

\text{PI}{\text{child}} = 0.1 \times \text{PI}{\text{adult}} = 100 \times \dfrac{\text{mass}{\text{g}}}{\text{height}^{3}{\text{cm}}}

CategoryPI (child)
Very low≤1.12
Low1.13-1.19
Middle1.20-1.25
Upper middle1.26-1.32
High1.33-1.39
Very high≥1.40
Healthy range1.2-1.6

Notes

References

References

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  2. [http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/exss323/Intro_Lab/PI.HTM EXSS 323: LAB 1 - BIOMECHANICS TOOLS: Computers, Algebra and Trig] Oregon State University
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  4. Moortel, Koen Van de. (2021). "Multidirectional regression analysis".
  5. (3 March 2024). "What is the Ponderal Index? (With pictures)".
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  10. (June 2005). "Ponderal Index". Journal of Pakistan Medical Association.
  11. Babar, Sultan. (March 2015). "Evaluating the Performance of 4 Indices in Determining Adiposity". Lippincott Williams & Wilkins).
  12. Babar, Sultan. (March 2016). "The Use of Adiposity Indices for Wide Receivers From 2015 NFL Combine". Lippincott Williams & Wilkins) 2.
  13. "Ponderal Index (Corpulence Index) Calculator".
  14. Shephard, Roy J.. (2017-12-30). "NARRATIVE REVIEW. How should we assess body fatness? 2. Quantitative field methods available to the epidemiologist and the practitioner.". The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada.
  15. (September 1990). "The ponderal index in term newborn siblings.". American Journal of Epidemiology.
  16. (1996). "Anthropometrica: A Textbook of Body Measurement for Sports and Health Courses". Australian Sports Commission; UNSW Press.
  17. Rempel, R. (1994). "A Modified Somatotype Assessment Methodology". Simon Fraser University.
  18. (2023-06-06). "Ponderal Index: An Important Anthropometric Indicator for Physical Growth". Journal of Innovations in Medical Research.
  19. Bannik, Sudip Datta. (January 2011). "Evaluation of Health Status of Pre-Menarcheal and Post-Menarcheal Girls by Rohrer Index in Purulia, West Bengal". Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology.
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