User Manual

Lafayette Instrument Skinfold Caliper II
3700 Sagamore Parkway North Lafayette, IN 47904
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Table 1: Percent Fat Estimates for Women, Sum of Triceps, Suprailiac, and Thigh
Skinfolds*
Age to the Last Year
*Percent fact calculated by the formula of Siri. Percent fat = ((4.95/BD) - 4.5) x 100, where BD = body
density.
Reference
Baumgartner, T.A., Jackson, A.S. Measurement for Evaluation in Physical Education. 2nd Edition. W.C.
Brown Co. Dubuque, Iowa, 1983.
Sum of
Skinfolds
(mm)
Under
22
23
to
27
28
to
32
33
to
37
38
to
42
43
to
47
48
to
52
53
to
57
Over
58
23-25 9.7 9.9 10.2 10.4 10.7 10.9 11.2 11.4 11.7
26-28 11.0 11.2 11.5 11.7 12.0 12.3 12.5 12.7 13.0
29-31 12.3 12.5 12.8 13.0 13.3 13.5 13.8 14.0 14.3
32-34 13.6 13.8 14.0 14.3 14.5 14.8 15.0 15.3 15.5
35-37 14.8 15.0 15.3 15.5 15.8 16.0 16.3 16.5 16.8
38-40 16.0 16.3 16.5 16.7 17.0 17.2 17.5 17.7 18.0
41-43 17.2 17.4 17.7 17.9 18.2 18.4 18.7 18.9 19.2
44-46 18.3 18.6 18.8 19.1 19.3 19.6 19.8 20.1 20.3
47-49 19.5 19.7 20.0 20.2 20.5 20.7 21.0 21.2 21.5
50-52 20.6 20.8 21.1 21.3 21.6 21.8 22.1 22.3 22.6
53-55 21.7 21.9 22.1 22.4 22.6 22.9 23.1 23.4 23.6
56-58 22.7 23.0 23.2 23.4 23.7 23.9 24.2 24.4 24.7
59-61 23.7 24.0 24.2 24.5 24.7 25.0 25.2 25.5 25.7
62-64 24.7 25.0 25.2 25.5 35.7 26.0 26.7 26.4 26.7
65-67 25.7 25.9 26.2 26.4 26.7 26.9 27.2 27.4 27.7
68-70 26.6 26.9 27.1 27.4 27.6 27.9 28.1 28.4 28.6
71-73 27.5 27.8 28.0 28.3 28.5 28.8 28.0 29.3 29.5
74-76 28.4 28.7 28.9 29.2 29.4 29.7 29.9 30.2 30.4
77-79 29.3 29.5 29.8 30.0 30.3 30.5 30.8 31.0 31.3
80-82 30.1 30.4 30.6 30.9 31.1 31.4 31.6 31.9 32.1
83-85 30.9 31.2 31.4 31.7 31.9 32.2 32.4 32.7 32.9
86-88 31.7 32.0 32.2 32.5 32.7 32.9 33.2 33.4 33.7
89-91 32.5 32.7 33.0 33.2 33.5 33.7 33.9 34.2 34.4
92-94 33.2 33.4 33.7 33.9 34.2 34.4 34.7 34.9 35.2
95-97 33.9 34.1 34.4 34.6 34.9 35.1 35.4 35.6 35.9
98-100 34.6 34.8 35.1 35.3 35.5 35.8 36.0 36.3 36.5
101-103 35.3 35.4 35.7 35.9 36.2 36.4 36.7 36.9 37.2
104-106 35.8 36.1 36.3 36.6 36.8 37.1 37.3 37.5 37.8
107-109 36.4 36.7 36.9 37.1 37.4 37.6 37.9 38.1 38.4
110-112 37.0 37.2 37.5 37.7 38.0 38.2 38.5 38.7 38.9
113-115 37.5 37.8 38.0 38.2 38.5 38.7 39.0 39.2 39.5
116-118 38.0 38.3 38.5 38.8 39.0 39.3 39.5 39.7 40.0
119-121 38.5 38.7 39.0 39.2 39.5 39.7 40.0 40.2 40.5
122-124 39.0 39.2 39.4 39.7 39.9 40.2 40.4 40.7 40.9
125-127 39.4 39.6 39.9 40.1 40.4 40.6 40.9 41.1 41.4
128-130 39.8 40.0 40.3 40.5 40.8 41.0 41.3 41.5 41.8