An apparatus is provided which allows a subject to determine by himself/herself
whether or not he/she is apt to develop a deep-vein thrombosis in a region of a
lower limb in a simple manner. A variation between the bioelectric impedance values
measured respectively before and after a posture change is compared with a reference
value. The posture change includes a bending and stretching exercise, a bending
and stretching in knees in a seated position and a repeating of standing-up and
sitting-down motion. Alternatively, a blood storage capacity of the lower limb
region may be estimated from a gradient of bioelectric impedance represented by
a variation thereof per unit time to determine whether or not the subject is apt
to develop deep-vein thrombosis in the lower limb region.