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Body Adiposity Index (BAI)

Purpose: To estimate a patient's percent adiposity using the body adiposity index (BAI) of Bergman et al.

Description

Bergman et al developed the body adiposity index (BAI) as a measure of body adiposity. The authors are from the University of Southern California at Los Angeles, Kaiser Permanente Southern California Medical Group and the National Institutes of Health.


Reference method: DEXA

 

Population: Mexican-American adults from 18 to 67 years and Afro-American adults from 20 to 50 years

 

Parameters:

(1) height in meters

(2) hip circumference in cm

 

accurate BAI = percent adiposity =

= (0.93 * ((hip circumference) / ((height)^1.48))) – 14.89

 

BAI = percent adiposity =

= (0.93 * ((hip circumference) / ((height)^1.5))) – 14.89

 

simplified BAI = percent adiposity =

= ((hip circumference) / ((height)^1.5)) - 18


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ICD-10