Patient selection: pregnant woman from 14 to 37 weeks of pregnancy
Subjects: 100 women of mixed races (black, Hispanic, white)
Parameters:
(1) prepregnancy weight in kilograms
(2) current weight in kilograms
(3) prepregnancy right thigh skinfold thickness in mm
(4) current right thigh skinfold thickness in mm
fat change in kilograms =
= (0.77 * ((current weight) – (prepregnancy weight))) + (0.07 * ((current skinfold) – (prepregnancy skinfold))) – 6.13
fat change in kilograms =
= (0.84 * ((current weight) – (prepregnancy weight))) – 6.49
Performance:
• The R^2 value with skinfold thickness was 0.73 and without 0.71.
