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Part Description

LP35953-6   Body fat percentage
A patient's body fat percentage is the total mass of fat divided by total body mass. A number of methods are available for determining body fat percentage, such as measurement with calipers, hydrostatic weighing, whole-body air displacement plethysmography, or bioelectrical impedance analysis. The percentage of body fat in an individual varies according to sex and age.[PMID 12037649] Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Body fat percentage

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Body fat percentage
Property
MFr
Time
Pt
System
^Patient
Scale
Qn
Method
Measured

Additional Names

Short Name
Bdy fat % Measured

Basic Attributes

Class
BDYWGT.ATOM
Type
Clinical
First Released
Version 2.16
Last Updated
Version 2.73
Common Test Rank Get Info
5013

Member of these Panels

LOINC Long Common Name
43143-7 Weighing device panel

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
es-MX Spanish (Mexico) Porcentaje de grasa corporal:Sr.:Punto temporal:^ Paciente:Cuantitativo:Measured
fr-FR French (France) Pourcentage de graisse corporelle:Fraction massique:Ponctuel:Patient:Numérique:Résultat mesuré
it-IT Italian (Italy) Grasso corporeo, percentuale:MFr:Pt:^Paziente:Qn:Misurato
Synonyms: Frazione di massa paziente Percentuale di grasso corporeo Peso del corpo - atomico Punto nel tempo (episodio)
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) lichaamsvetpercentage:massafractie:moment:^patiënt:kwantitatief:meting
pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil) Percentual de gordura corporal:MFr:Pt:^Paciente:Qn:Mensurado
Synonyms: ; Bdy fat %; Mass fraction; Percent; Point in time; Random; Quantitative; QNT; Quant; Quan; bod; Bodies; BODY WEIGHT.ATOM; BODY WEIGHT.ATOM
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Тело жир процент:МассДол:ТчкВрм:^Пациент:Колич:Измеренный
Synonyms: Количественный Массовая доля Процент жира в теле Точка во времени;Момент
zh-CN Chinese (China) 体脂百分数:质量分数:时间点:^患者:定量型:测量法
Synonyms: MFr 一般体重;一般身体重量;身体重量.原子型 体脂百分比;体脂百分率 医疗服务对象;客户;病人;病患;病号;超系统 - 病人 可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 测定法;量度法;量测法 物体

Example Units

Unit Source
% Example UCUM Units

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=41982-0