skinfold thickness

Preferred Label : skinfold thickness;

MeSH definition : The measurement of subcutaneous fat located directly beneath the skin by grasping a fold of skin and subcutaneous fat between the thumb and forefinger and pulling it away from the underlying muscle tissue. The thickness of the double layer of skin and subcutaneous tissue is then read with a caliper. The five most frequently measured sites are the upper arm, below the scapula, above the hip bone, the abdomen, and the thigh. Its application is the determination of relative fatness, of changes in physical conditioning programs, and of the percentage of body fat in desirable body weight. (From McArdle, et al., Exercise Physiology, 2d ed, p496-8);

MeSH synonym : skinfold thicknesses; thicknesses, skinfold; thickness, skinfold;

MeSH annotation : a measurement of body fat; no qualif;

Details

Origin ID

D012885;

UMLS CUI

C0037302;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Measurement of skin fold thickness (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Skin-fold thickness (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Skinfold Thickness [DeCS]
- Skinfold measurement [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- measurement of skin fold thickness [SNOMED Notion]
- skin fold thickness [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
Record concept(s)
- skinfold thickness [MeSH concept]
See also
- adipose tissue [MeSH Descriptor]
- obesity [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- body mass index [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Diagnostic Procedure [UMLS semantic type]

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