Body mass index
Property Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Property |
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| METEOR identifier: | 269114 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
| Definition: | A measure of body fat that gives an indication of nutritional status. Body mass index is the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters. |
| Property group: | Physical characteristics |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Origin: | Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary 30th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders |
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Relational attributes | |
| Data Element Concepts implementing this property: | Adult—body mass index Health, Standard 01/03/2005 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Child—body mass index Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |