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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2026

Upper Arm to Upper Leg Length Ratio and Dyslipidemia: A Novel Application of a Fixed Skeletal Proportion Metric in a Nationally Representative U.S. Sample.

Tanvir Ahmed, Akhi Nath, Nusrat Jahan, Nargis Hoque, Mobashera Jahan, Mst Sabrina Kaniz, Shovit Dutta, Swapnil Saha, Md Ashraful Haque, Rodney G Bowden

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Tanvir AhmedDepartment of Public Health, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-6590-0796
Akhi NathSchool of Information Technology Management, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada.ORCID 0009-0002-5855-1780
Nusrat JahanDepartment of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.
Nargis HoqueDepartment of Public Health, National University of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM), Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.
Mobashera JahanDepartment of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.
Mst Sabrina KanizDepartment of Public Health, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, Australia.ORCID 0009-0007-8769-2909
Shovit DuttaDepartment of Pediatrics, BGC Trust Medical College Hospital, Chittagong 4381, Bangladesh.
Swapnil SahaDepartment of Computer Science, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-8688-6456
Md Ashraful HaqueMaternal and Child Health Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.
Rodney G BowdenMedical Sciences and Department of Public Health, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA.

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Abstract

Conventional anthropometric measures used to predict dyslipidemia, such as body mass index and waist circumference, vary over time and may not fully capture early-life influences on metabolic risk. Fixed skeletal proportions, including limb length ratios, remain stable after physical maturity and may reflect developmental exposures relevant to lipid metabolism. This study examined the association between the upper arm-to-upper leg length ratio (UA/UL), a fixed skeletal proportion metric with established links to diabetes risk and dyslipidemia; this represents an application not previously reported in a nationally representative U.S. population. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of adults aged ≥20 years using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017-March 2020 (

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AnthropometryArmDyslipidemiasLegAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNutrition SurveysUnited StatesYoung Adultanthropometrycardiometabolic riskcardiovascular diseasedyslipidemiaNHANESskeletal proportionsupper arm-upper leg length ratio

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