The titles under the “RECOMMENDED INPUTS” header represent the inputs for this algorithm that we recommend you use. The minimum inputs required are age and sex. All other inputs are optional.

If a certain recommended input does not work for you then you can use the alternative inputs that we provide, these can be identified as the titles under the “ALTERNATIVE INPUTS” section. To find the alternative inputs you can use for a certain recommended input, use the dependency tree diagram present in each recommended input page to find the set of inputs that together can be used to replace that particular recommended input. For example, from the dependency tree diagram for “BMI” we see that we can use weightlb, heightin_hft and heightin_hin together to replace BMI.