Research Domain - Anthropometrics

Release Date:

March 27, 2009; reviewed October 1, 2015

Scope of Domain:
Scope Elements Final Protocols To Toolkit (31)
Arm Span Arm Span
Birth Weight Birth Weight
Body Composition Body Composition
Body Image Body Image
Child Head Circumference Child Head Circumference
Dominance Hand Dominance
Estimated Visceral Fat
Height Height
Hip Circumference Hip Circumference
Maximum Adult Height Maximum Adult Height
Maximum Adult Weight Maximum Adult Weight
Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Mid-Upper Arm Circumference
Neck Circumference Neck Circumference
Parental Height
Parental Weight
Pregnancy Weight Pregnancy Weight Gain
Sitting Height/Trunk
Waist Circumference Waist Circumference
Weight Weight
Weight Loss/Gain Weight Loss/Gain
Working Group Roster:

WG Members:

Michele Forman, PhD, MS, Chair
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Karen Edwards, PhD
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
John Flack, MD, MPH, FAHA
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
Tammy Harris
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Bethesda, MS
Mary Hediger, PhD
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development (NICHD)
Rockville, MD
Marc Hochberg, MD, MPH
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
Clifford Johnson, MPH
National Center for Health Statistics/CDC
Hyattsville, MD
John Phillips, MD
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

SC Liaison, WG Manager and WG Supervisor:

Michelle A. Williams, ScD, SC Liaison
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, MA
Violet Devairakkam, WG Manager
RTI International
Rockville, MD
Richard Kwok, PhD, WG Supervisor
RTI International
Research Triangle Park, NC
Expert Review Panel 1 - Anthropometrics, Diabetes, Nutrition and Dietary Supplements, & Physical Activity and Physical Fitness domains:

ERP Members:

Rick Troiano, PhD, Co-Lead
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Risk Factor Monitoring & Methods Branch
Rockville, MD
John Hines, PhD, Co-Lead
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Minneapolis, MN
Craig Hanis, PhD
University of Texas, Houston
Houston, TX
Bill Lowe, MD
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Mary Hediger, PhD
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development (NICHD)
Rockville, MD
James Pivarnik, PhD
Michigan State Univeristy
East Lansing, MI
Patrick J. Stover, PhD
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Laura Caulfield, PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, MD

SC Liaison, ERP Manager and ERP Supervisor:

Catherine A. McCarty, PhD, SC Liaison
University of Minnesota Medical School
Duluth, MN
Violet Devairakkam, ERP Manager
RTI International
Rockville, MD
Michael Phillips, MS, ERP Supervisor
RTI International
Research Triangle Park, NC
Protocol Name ID Status DCW DD DD Mapping
Arm Span 020101 minor edits DCW N/A N/A
Birth Weight - Birth Weight Abstracted from Medical Records 020201 minor edits DCW N/A N/A
Birth Weight - Measured Weight at Birth 020202 minor edits DCW N/A N/A
Birth Weight - Proxy Reported Birth Weight 020203 minor edits DCW N/A N/A
Body Composition - Body Composition by Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry 020301 updated DCW DD DD Mapping
Body Composition - Triceps Skinfold Thickness 020303 updated DCW DD N/A
Body Image 020401 minor edits DCW N/A N/A
Child Head Circumference 020501 minor edits DCW N/A N/A
Hand Dominance - 12 Years and Older 020602 minor edits DCW N/A N/A
Hand Dominance - 42 Months and Older 020601 minor edits DCW N/A N/A
Height - Knee Height 020701 minor edits DCW N/A N/A
Height - Recumbent Length 020702 updated DCW DD N/A
Height - Self-Reported Height 020704 updated DCW DD N/A
Height - Standing Height 020703 updated DCW DD N/A
Hip Circumference - Hip Circumference 020802 updated DCW DD N/A
Hip Circumference - Hip Circumference v1 020801 replaced DCW DD DD Mapping
Maximum Adult Height 020901 updated DCW DD N/A
Maximum Adult Weight 021001 updated DCW DD N/A
Mid-Upper Arm Circumference 021101 updated DCW DD N/A
Neck Circumference 021201 retired DCW DD N/A
Total Pregnancy Weight Gain - Self-Reported Weight Gain 021301 minor edits DCW N/A N/A
Waist Circumference - Framingham Heart Study 021603 minor edits N/A N/A N/A
Waist Circumference - Waist Circumference NCFS 021602 minor edits DCW N/A N/A
Waist Circumference - Waist Circumference NHANES 021601 updated DCW DD N/A
Weight - Measured Weight 021501 updated DCW DD N/A
Weight - Self-Reported Weight 021502 updated DCW DD N/A
Weight Loss/Gain 021401 updated DCW DD N/A
SI_BIA 000000 retired N/A N/A N/A
SI_Sagittal_Abdominal_Diameter 000000 replaced N/A N/A N/A
SI_Sagittal_Diameter 000000 replaced N/A N/A N/A