Body weight distribution

Dear NMusers, I have been looking for publications describing the body weight distribution in the general adult population, and more specifically for those reporting a parametric analysis of this distribution. I found one publication which focused on the US population (Portier et al, Risk Anal 2007 Feb;27(1):11-26) and wonder if anyone knows of any other relevant articles on the topic. Thanks in advance, Sebastien

Hi Sebastien, I think the following article will contain some information about adult weight distribution (or related measures).One thing I wanted to point out is that many factors affect the distribution of body weight (for example smoking), so you have to be selective about what distributions you need to select. Lissner L, Odell PM, D'Agostino RB, Stokes J, Kreger BE, Belanger AJ, et al. Variability of body weight and health outcomes in the Framingham population. N Engl J Med. 1991; 324:1839-44. I hope this helps. *Murad Melhem, PhD* *Cognigen Corporation* *Buffalo, NY *

Sebatien I think this sort of data would be available from previous popn analyses. There are many publications that include a parametric description of their sample population often arising from 100' and sometimes 1000's of subjects. These would relate to the study in question however, e.g. general medical etc. It would depend on what population you wanted. However if you're interested in a multivariate distribution (e.g. the joint distribution of weight and height) then your choices are more limited. Steve -- Professor Stephen Duffull Chair of Clinical Pharmacy School of Pharmacy University of Otago PO Box 913 Dunedin New Zealand E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] P: +64 3 479 5044 F: +64 3 479 7034 Design software: www.winpopt.com

Population sample collected by the National Center for Heath Statistics can be used to get age-weight distributions for a general population (separately, for adults, youth and kids). It is not straightforward to get data in a convenient format but the data are there: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhanes/nh3data.htm Data can be sampled from this collection, or if needed, described in a parametric way to sample from a derived distribution. Leonid -------------------------------------- Leonid Gibiansky, Ph.D. President, QuantPharm LLC web: www.quantpharm.com e-mail: LGibiansky at quantpharm.com tel: (301) 767 5566 > > -----Original Message----- > >

Thank you all your inputs. Sebastien Leonid Gibiansky a écrit : > Population sample collected by the National Center for Heath Statistics can be used to get age-weight distributions for a general population (separately, for adults, youth and kids). It is not straightforward to get data in a convenient format but the data are there: > > http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhanes/nh3data.htm > > Data can be sampled from this collection, or if needed, described in a parametric way to sample from a derived distribution. > > Leonid > > -------------------------------------- > Leonid Gibiansky, Ph.D. > President, QuantPharm LLC > web: www.quantpharm.com > e-mail: LGibiansky at quantpharm.com > tel: (301) 767 5566 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > >