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Correlation of Percent Body Fat with Body Specific Gravity in Rats

The Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Harbor General Hospital Campus, Torrance, CA 90509

We determined the body specific gravity of young rats from their submerged weight. Trapped air in the carcass was eliminated by removing the respiratory and gastrointestinal tract and by dissolving body hair with a depilatory. Body specific gravity was highly correlated with percent fat determined by an extraction method (r = .977) over a wide range of body fat content produced by dietary alterations.

KEY WORDS: • body fat • body density • body specific gravity • underwater weight

¹ Current address and address for reprints is Case Western Reserve University, Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, 2101 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 44106.

² Current address is Kyle Metabolic Unit, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20012.

Manuscript received 21 May 1981.

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