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Comparison of body composition assessments by bioelectrical impedance and by anthropometry in premenopausal Chinese women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Frouwkje G. De Waart ,
Ruowei Li  and
Paul Deurenberg
Frouwkje G. De Waart
Affiliation:
Department of Human Nutrition, Wageningen Agricultural University, PO Box 8129, 6700 EV Wageningen, The Netherlands
Ruowei Li
Affiliation:
Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing, China
Paul Deurenberg
Affiliation:
Department of Human Nutrition, Wageningen Agricultural University, PO Box 8129, 6700 EV Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Fat-free mass (FFM) was estimated in forty-seven premenopausal Chinese women, aged 18–43 years, from anthropometric data (skinfolds, body mass index (weight/height2; BMI)) or bioelectrical impedance, using several prediction formulas for body composition from the literature, and values compared with the mean of these three individual methods used as a frame of reference. In thirty-six women these values could be compared with FFM calculated from total body water (TBW) determined by D2O dilution. The prediction formulas used were developed from studies on Caucasian adults and their validity will have to be shown in populations with different ethnic backgrounds. The mean difference between FFM predicted from BMI and the frame of reference was 0.1 kg (95 % confidence interval (CI) -0.1, 0.4), from bioelectrical impedance it was 0.5 kg (95% CI 0.3, 0.7), and from skinfolds it was -0.6 kg (95% CI -0.9, -0.4). The mean difference between FFM calculated from TBW and the frame of reference was higher (2.2 kg, 95 % CI 1.2,3.3). The results of the present study indicate that the three methods may be valid for predicting body composition in adult Chinese females, but further research is needed on development and cross-validation of prediction equations for body composition for Chinese.

Keywords

Body compositionAnthropometryBioelectrical impedance
Type
Estimation of Human Body Composition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , May 1993 , pp. 657 - 664
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1993

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