Development of bioelectrical impedance-based equations for the prediction of body composition of Malawian adolescents aged 10-18 years: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The accuracy of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) depends on population-specific prediction equations and there is no population-specific equation for predicting fat-free mass (FFM) in Malawian adolescents. This study aimed at determining the agreement between FFM measured by deuterium oxide dilution technique (the reference) and FFM by BIA; and propose BIA-based prediction equations to estimate FFM for Malawian adolescents.

Design

This was a cross-sectional study.

Setting

The study was conducted in Blantyre, Malawi PARTICIPANTS: 186 Malawian adolescents aged between 10 and 18 years were included in this study. Body composition was estimated by both the BodyStat BIA analyser and the deuterium oxide dilution method.

Results

BIA inbuilt equation u

SUBMITTER: Divala OH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8981360 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature