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Estimation of body composition from bioelectric impedance of body segments

Baumgartner, R N, Chumlea, W C, Roche, A F·1989·The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Abstract

The hypothesis that body composition can be estimated accurately from measurements of the length and resistance of the body segments was tested. Weight; stature; whole-body resistance; and the resistances, lengths, and circumferences of the leg, trunk, and arm were measured for 135 white men and women aged 18-58 y. Fat-free mass (FFM) and percent body fat (%BF) were obtained from densitometry. The resistance of the whole body was determined almost entirely by the resistances of the arm and the leg. The accuracy of the prediction of FFM from arm length2/arm resistance and of %BF from weight x arm resistance/arm length2 was only marginally less than that obtained by using whole-body measurements. Thus, measurements of the resistance and length of the arm can be used in place of the whole-body methods for estimating body composition from bioelectric impedance.

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Authors
Baumgartner, R. N., Chumlea, W. C., & Roche, A. F.
Affiliations
Wright State University (US)
Venue
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1989-08
Volume
50
Issue
2
Pages
221-226
ISSN
0002-9165 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1949043673
Cited by
201
References
21
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD12252)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Body Composition Measurement Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nutrition and Health in Aging
Keywords
body composition, bioelectric impedance, fat-free mass, body fat percentage, arm length
MeSH terms
Adipose Tissue, Adolescent, Adult, Anthropometry, Body Composition, Electric Conductivity, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged

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