Measurement of the hip girth at the level of the maximum protrusion of the gluteus muscles. The following protocol was taken from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study that was conducted on adults aged 18 to 30 years. The PhenX Anthropometrics Working Group has recommended that this same protocol be used on participants aged 2 years and older.
status
DISCOURAGED
Fully-Specified Name
component
PhenX - hip circumference protocol 020801
property
-
time
Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
system
^Patient
scale
-
method
PhenX
Additional Names
short name
Girth; Lower extremity joint; Pan; Panel; PANEL.PHENX; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; Random
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