Description

Mill-Ferreyra et al reported the Palafolls Formula for the prediction of an adult's percent body fat. The authors are from Centro de Atencion Primaria Malgrat-Palafolls and Residencia Geriatrica Clivia in Spain.


Patient selection: adult from 30 to 90 years of age

 

Parameters:

(1) body mass index (BMI) in kg per square meter

(2) waist (abdominal) circumference in cm

(3) sex (male 0, female 1)

 

percent body fat =

= ((BMI) / (waist circumference)) + (BMI) + (10 * (sex))


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