TY - JOUR
T1 - Body fat percent assessment between electrical impedance myography and dual X-ray absorptiometry
AU - Czeck, Madeline A.
AU - Raymond-Pope, Christiana J.
AU - Prescott, Elyse
AU - Bisch, Katie L.
AU - Dengel, Donald R.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Objectives: To compare total and regional body fat percent (BF%) measurements obtained using a handheld electrical impedance myography (EIM) device in comparison to BF% measured by dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Methods: Sixty-nine male and female (33 males/36 females; age = 21.9 ± 2.0 years, body mass index = 24.5 ± 3.6 kg/m2) college-age individuals participated in this study. Each participant's total and regional (ie, upper arms, upper legs, trunk) BF% was estimated using EIM and DXA. Metallic markers were used to delineate regional boundaries for analysis, including upper arms (biceps/triceps), upper legs (quadriceps/hamstrings), and trunk (abdominal region/low back region). Paired t-tests assessed the accuracy of BF% values estimated from EIM in comparison to BF% measured by DXA. Results: Observations revealed EIM reported significantly lower BF% for upper left arm (P <.001), upper right arm (P <.001), upper right leg (P =.002), and trunk (P <.001) values. However, no significant differences were observed in total (P =.434) and upper left leg (P =.855) BF% between the two devices. Conclusions: This study's observations suggest that, EIM may be an accurate field method for measuring total BF%, but not regional BF%.
AB - Objectives: To compare total and regional body fat percent (BF%) measurements obtained using a handheld electrical impedance myography (EIM) device in comparison to BF% measured by dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Methods: Sixty-nine male and female (33 males/36 females; age = 21.9 ± 2.0 years, body mass index = 24.5 ± 3.6 kg/m2) college-age individuals participated in this study. Each participant's total and regional (ie, upper arms, upper legs, trunk) BF% was estimated using EIM and DXA. Metallic markers were used to delineate regional boundaries for analysis, including upper arms (biceps/triceps), upper legs (quadriceps/hamstrings), and trunk (abdominal region/low back region). Paired t-tests assessed the accuracy of BF% values estimated from EIM in comparison to BF% measured by DXA. Results: Observations revealed EIM reported significantly lower BF% for upper left arm (P <.001), upper right arm (P <.001), upper right leg (P =.002), and trunk (P <.001) values. However, no significant differences were observed in total (P =.434) and upper left leg (P =.855) BF% between the two devices. Conclusions: This study's observations suggest that, EIM may be an accurate field method for measuring total BF%, but not regional BF%.
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U2 - 10.1002/ajhb.23330
DO - 10.1002/ajhb.23330
M3 - Article
C2 - 31566850
AN - SCOPUS:85073922222
SN - 1042-0533
VL - 32
JO - American Journal of Human Biology
JF - American Journal of Human Biology
IS - 2
M1 - e23330
ER -