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We hypothesized that measurements such as midarm and subscapular fatpad thicknesses and length of cervical spine may correlate better with ultrasound measured epidural depth than a global measure of BMI.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Prospective IRB approved study of term pregnant women requiring neuraxial block. We measured height, weight (BMI, kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>), subscapular, midarm fatpad thickness (digital caliper, mm), vertebral column length (C7 to sacral hiatus, cm) and epidural depth (ultrasound, mm). Four experts assessed photographs to assign anticipated difficult neuraxial block in sitting and lateral positions (5\u2010point Likert scale, 1\u00a0=\u00a0very easy, 5\u00a0=\u00a0very difficult).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In all, 131 women completed body habitus measurements. Measured mean (standard deviation) BMI was 30.3 (5.4) kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>. Measured BMI, subscapular fatpad and midarm fatpad thickness were significantly correlated with ultrasound depth to epidural space (<jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> 0.733, 0.626 and 0.633, respectively, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.0001) but vertebral column length was not. The experts had a high level of agreement (Cronbach's alpha &gt;0.7) for assessment of anticipated difficult block in the sitting and lateral positions; however, anticipated difficult block was not correlated with epidural depth measured by ultrasound for sitting position, <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00a0=\u00a0\u22120.015, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.87; and lateral position, <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00a0=\u00a0\u22120.087, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.33.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Measurements of body habitus and fat distribution were no better than measured BMI to anticipate greater ultrasound measured depth to epidural space.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Clinical trial number:<\/jats:bold> Non\u2010interventional observational study, not 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