Characteristics and reference values of fat mass index and fat free mass index by bioelectrical impedance analysis in an adult population

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 2325-2332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Jin ◽  
Hanze Du ◽  
Yuelun Zhang ◽  
Huijuan Zhu ◽  
Ke Xu ◽  
...  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Mochizuki ◽  
Koichiro Yano ◽  
Katsunori Ikari ◽  
Ken Okazaki

ABSTRACT Objectives To evaluate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on body composition among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods A total 102 patients with RA were enrolled. We examined muscle mass, fat-free mass index (FFMI) and fat mass index (FMI) values using bioelectrical impedance analysis between November 2019 and January 2020 (for the first measurement) and September 2020 and January 2021 (for the second measurement). Results The muscle mass was significantly decreased from a median of 34.6 kg at the first measurement to a median of 33.9 kg at the second measurement (p = 0.002). The FFMI was significantly decreased from a median of 15.3 at the first measurement to a median of 14.8 at the second measurement (p = 0.011). Conclusions The present study reveals that muscle mass and FFMI decreased among patients with RA during the COVID-19 pandemic.


2006 ◽  
Vol 96 (6) ◽  
pp. 1163-1168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Hosking ◽  
Brad S. Metcalf ◽  
Alison N. Jeffery ◽  
Linda D. Voss ◽  
Terence J. Wilkin

Foot-to-foot bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is simple and non-invasive, making it particularly suitable for use in children. There is insufficient evidence of the validity of foot-to-foot BIA compared with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) as the criterion method in healthy young children. Our objective was to assess the validity of foot-to-foot BIA against DEXA in a large cohort of healthy young children. Body composition was measured by foot-to-foot BIA and DEXA in 203 children (mean age 8·9 (sd0·3) years). Bland–Altman and simple linear regression analyses were used to determine agreement between methods. BIA overestimated fat-free mass by a mean of 2·4 % in boys and 5·7 % in girls, while fat mass was underestimated by 6·5 % in boys and 10·3 % in girls. The percentage fat recorded by BIA was, accordingly, also lower than by DEXA (boys 4·8 %; girls 12·8 %). In boys, however, there were correlations between the size of the difference between methods and the size of the measure under consideration such that in smaller boys fat-free mass was underestimated (r − 0·57;P < 0·001) while fat mass and percentage fat were overestimated (r0·74 for fat mass;r0·69 for percentage fat; bothP < 0·001) with the reverse in bigger boys. Mean differences between techniques were greater in the girls than in the boys but in boys only, the direction of the differences was dependent upon the size of the child. Therefore, BIA may be useful for large-scale studies but is not interchangeable with DEXA and should be interpreted with caution in individuals.


Nutrients ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsueh-Kuan Lu ◽  
Li-Ming Chiang ◽  
Yu-Yawn Chen ◽  
Chih-Lin Chuang ◽  
Kuen-Tsann Chen ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 201-207
Author(s):  
Linnea Bärebring ◽  
Ane Sørlie Kværner ◽  
Madeleine Skotnes ◽  
Hege Berg Henriksen ◽  
Anne Juul Skjetne ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
pp. 639-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saijuddin Shaikh ◽  
Kerry J. Schulze ◽  
Anura Kurpad ◽  
Hasmot Ali ◽  
Abu Ahmed Shamim ◽  
...  

Equations for predicting body composition from bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) parameters are age-, sex- and population-specific. Currently there are no equations applicable to women of reproductive age in rural South Asia. Hence, we developed equations for estimating total body water (TBW), fat-free mass (FFM) and fat mass in rural Bangladeshi women using BIA, with 2H2O dilution as the criterion method. Women of reproductive age, participating in a community-based placebo-controlled trial of vitamin A or β-carotene supplementation, were enrolled at 19·7 (sd 9·3) weeks postpartum in a study to measure body composition by 2H2O dilution and impedance at 50 kHz using multi-frequency BIA (n 147), and resistance at 50 kHz using single-frequency BIA (n 82). TBW (kg) by 2H2O dilution was used to derive prediction equations for body composition from BIA measures. The prediction equation was applied to resistance measures obtained at 13 weeks postpartum in a larger population of postpartum women (n 1020). TBW, FFM and fat were 22·6 (sd 2·7), 30·9 (sd 3·7) and 10·2 (sd 3·8) kg by 2H2O dilution. Height2/impedance or height2/resistance and weight provided the best estimate of TBW, with adjusted R2 0·78 and 0·76, and with paired absolute differences in TBW of 0·02 (sd 1·33) and 0·00 (sd 1·28) kg, respectively, between BIA and 2H2O. In the larger sample, values for TBW, FFM and fat were 23·8, 32·5 and 10·3 kg, respectively. BIA can be an important tool for assessing body composition in women of reproductive age in rural South Asia where poor maternal nutrition is common.


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