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http://tinyurl.com/yygw95 is a free-to-all full-text paper
that employs
cormic index, as well as BMI to characterize CR. Another
http://tinyurl.com/yy9mzd reference describes the use of
cormic index for
correcting BMI values with cormic index in cases of extreme
energy
deficiency. Pitting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edema
appears to be a
condition of which to be aware for symptoms of serious
anorexia, especially
for males (Figure 2). Also, the difference of mild and
severe edema in the
famine sufferers in Africa appeared to be differential in
their risk of
death, association with the BMI of the sufferer (Figure 3).

The paper below examines further the relation of BMI with
cormic
index for subjects of extremely low energy intakes. The
table may evidence
the degree of energy deficits in the subjects of the study.

Adak DK, Gautam RK, Bharati S, Gharami AK, Pal M, Bharati P.
Body mass index and chronic energy deficiency of adult males
of Central
Indian populations.
Hum Biol. 2006 Apr;78(2):161-78.
PMID: 17036924

Data on body weight, height, and sitting height from
11,496 adult
males, age 18-62 years, belonging to 38 different
populations of five major
social groups (scheduled tribes, scheduled castes, "other
backward castes,"
general castes, and Muslims) of Central India were taken for
our analysis to
assess the nutritional status of these groups. Cormic index
and body mass
index (BMI) were computed, and an analysis of variance
(ANOVA) was carried
out among different populations as well as among social
groups separately on
Cormic index and BMI. Shape, size, and generalized distances
among the
different social groups were computed and dendrograms were
drawn. The level
of malnutrition is the lowest among the general castes. The
opposite is the
case with the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
Comparison of the
coefficient of variation shows that there is variation in
weight and BMI but
that there is no marked variation in the other
anthropometric variables. The
ANOVA on Cormic index and BMI suggests that the people
within a population
are more homogeneous than the people between populations.
There is a
positive but statistically insignificant correlation between
Cormic index
and BMI. The five social groups differ more in size distance
than in shape
distance. According to the dendrogram of generalized
distance values, the
Muslims and the general castes can be grouped into one
cluster and the
scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, and other backward
castes can be grouped
into another cluster.

Table 1. Means and Standard Deviations (in Parentheses) of
Height, Sitting
Height, Weight, Cormic Index, and BMI of 38 Ethnic Groups of
Central India
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Population Sample size Height (cm) Sitting height (cm)
Weight (kg) Cormic
index Body mass index
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Scheduled tribes 2,066 161.86 (5.82) 80.31 (3.34) 48.66
(5.63) 0.496 (0.016)
18.56 (1.78)
1. Bhil 401 161.42 (5.48) 80.05 (3.33) 47.57 (5.78) 0.521
(0.017) 18.28
(1.98)
2. Gond 904 162.34 (5.61) 80.21 (3.31) 49.00 (5.48) 0.494
(0.016) 18.57
(1.69)
3. Kol 200 161.16 (5.74) 80.13 (3.47) 48.76 (5.00) 0.497
(0.016) 18.75
(1.50)
4. Korku 101 162.45 (5.34) 80.82 (2.45) 47.98 (5.23) 0.498
(0.015) 18.17
(1.70)
5. Korwa 51 155.11 (6.53) 78.42 (3.20) 50.24 (6.17) 0.506
(0.015) 20.83
(1.73)
6. Majhi 50 158.42 (5.72) 79.21 (2.92) 48.76 (5.04) 0.499
(0.013) 19.40
(1.49)
7. Oraon 99 163.19 (5.34) 80.32 (2.74) 52.17 (6.26) 0.492
(0.013) 19.55
(1.80)
8. Sahariya 204 162.78 (5.97) 81.79 (3.47) 48.12 (5.45)
0.502 (0.016) 18.12
(1.44)
9. Sonr 56 162.06 (7.11) 80.93 (3.80) 46.43 (5.67) 0.499
(0.016) 17.64
(1.50)
Scheduled castes 2,523 163.03 (6.11) 81.38 (4.09) 48.31
(6.16) 0.499 (0.020)
18.16 (1.96)
10. Balai 497 162.71 (6.42) 80.38 (3.76) 48.06 (6.24) 0.494
(0.019) 18.13
(1.98)
11. Chamar (Jat) 1,062 163.69 (6.06) 81.92 (3.94) 48.51
(6.10) 0.500 (0.019)
18.09 (1.91)
12. Khati 50 163.54 (5.98) 81.44 (3.05) 49.04 (4.24) 0.498
(0.013) 18.35
(1.47)
13. Koli 50 162.94 (7.07) 81.76 (3.01) 48.70 (6.88) 0.502
(0.018) 18.29
(1.93)
14. Kori 50 162.00 (6.76) 81.87 (3.22) 46.66 (5.81) 0.505
(0.014) 17.75
(1.70)
15. Kumbhar 413 163.77 (5.96) 81.68 (5.30) 49.15 (6.72)
0.499 (0.029) 18.30
(2.09)
16. Mahar 50 161.39 (6.56) 80.38 (3.23) 44.80 (5.05) 0.498
(0.017) 17.21
(1.86)
17. Mehra 201 160.66 (4.96) 80.10 (3.47) 46.88 (5.59) 0.498
(0.016) 18.15
(1.98)
18. Satnami 150 161.31 (5.21) 81.84 (3.25) 48.69 (5.37)
0.507 (0.015) 18.71
(1.86)
Other backward castes 3,331 163.75 (6.13) 81.80 (3.76) 50.11
(6.80) 0.499
(0.017) 18.66 (2.10)
19. Ahir 600 163.71 (5.85) 81.93 (3.42) 49.41 (6.35) 0.500
(0.016) 18.40
(1.96)
20. Barala 51 162.43 (6.18) 77.93 (3.70) 48.04 (7.16) 0.480
(0.017) 18.18
(2.27)
21. Gujar 100 166.50 (7.32) 83.05 (4.66) 54.84 (9.57) 0.498
(0.016) 19.69
(2.66)
22. Jat 50 168.60 (6.62) 85.57 (3.64) 55.28 (7.86) 0.507
(0.016) 19.38
(1.96)
23. Kachi 253 162.96 (5.49) 81.47 (4.62) 48.70 (5.28) 0.499
(0.024) 18.33
(1.71)
24. Kaller 50 162.96 (6.78) 80.25 (3.92) 51.80 (8.14) 0.492
(0.014) 19.46
(2.51)
25. Kannar 55 162.54 (7.32) 80.40 (4.21) 50.33 (7.57) 0.494
(0.013) 18.97
(2.02)
26. Kulmi 50 166.03 (6.79) 83.91 (4.10) 52.90 (6.33) 0.505
(0.016) 19.18
(1.91)
27. Kurmi 349 165.78 (6.11) 82.28 (3.39) 52.38 (6.67) 0.496
(0.016) 19.05
(2.17)
28. Kurumbhanshi 51 163.67 (5.95) 82.14 (3.10) 52.10 (5.17)
0.501 (0.015)
19.45 (1.70)
29. Lodha 51 164.67 (5.12) 83.26 (3.23) 49.46 (4.97) 0.505
(0.014) 18.35
(1.71)
30. Lodhi 300 164.41 (5.48) 81.41 (3.51) 50.87 (6.39) 0.495
(0.016) 18.79
(2.00)
31. Lohar 50 164.92 (6.56) 82.69 (3.13) 49.02 (6.31) 0.501
(0.020) 18.08
(2.54)
32. Lora 56 163.87 (6.88) 82.48 (4.24) 49.32 (5.37) 0.503
(0.015) 18.34
(1.35)
33. Panka 57 157.39 (6.49) 78.22 (3.57) 44.40 (4.72) 0.496
(0.014) 17.92
(1.60)
34. Rawat 52 156.79 (5.48) 77.92 (3.01) 45.21 (4.82) 0.497
(0.015) 18.37
(1.57)
35. Teli 1,156 163.28 (5.70) 81.89 (3.40) 49.66 (6.78) 0.501
(0.017) 18.60
(2.19)
General castes 1,815 166.30 (5.89) 83.80 (3.53) 53.32 (7.85)
0.504 (0.017)
19.25 (2.48)
36. Brahmin 1,114 166.45 (5.68) 84.60 (3.35) 53.97 (8.10)
0.508 (0.016)
19.45 (2.59)
37. Rajput 701 166.06 (6.21) 82.54 (3.44) 52.29 (7.32) 0.497
(0.017) 18.94
(2.27)
38. Muslims 1,761 164.96 (5.71) 83.02 (3.56) 51.58 (7.73)
0.503 (0.021)
18.93 (2.53)
Total 11,496 163.90 (6.41) 82.00 (3.87) 50.00 (7.02) 0.500
(0.191) 18.43
(2.18)