Accuracy and Reliability of Total Body Mass Estimation Techniques from Stature and Bi‐iliac Breadth in Non‐Hispanic U.S. Whites from the Bass Donated Skeletal Collection |
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| Authors: | William C Schaffer MA Tyler E Dunn MS |
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| Institution: | 1. Liberal Arts Department, Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ;2. School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ;3. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Laboratory, Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, NE;4. Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign, Urbana, IL |
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| Abstract: | This paper tests the fidelity of a recent method that used the NHANES III dataset as a proxy to estimate total body mass from stature and bi‐iliac breadth in U.S. White males and females. The bi‐iliac breadths of 230 males and 152 females identified as non‐Hispanic U.S. White from the Bass Donated Skeletal Collection were measured, and along with stature from predonor paperwork, total body mass estimates were calculated and then compared to body masses recorded on predonor paperwork. Male and female samples were subdivided by body mass index (BMI kg/m2]) categories established by the World Health Organization. Our results suggest that total body mass estimates can be accurately assessed provided that the individual is within 18.50 ≤ BMI ≤ 29.99 for White males and 18.50 ≤ BMI ≤ 24.99 for White females. Recommendations on how to report total body mass estimates are also presented. |
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| Keywords: | forensic science forensic anthropology biological profiles anthropometry stature bi‐iliac breadth body mass |
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