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Comparison of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis, Slaughter Skinfold-Thickness Equations, and Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry for Estimating Body Fat Percentage in Colombian Children and Adolescents with Excess of Adiposity
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) has been considered a reference method for measuring body fat percentage (BF%) in children and adolescents with an excess of adiposity. However, given that the DXA technique is impractical for routine field use, there is a need to investigate other methods that can accurately determine BF%. We studied the accuracy of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) technology, including foot-to-foot and hand-to-foot impedance, and Slaughter skinfold-thickness equations in the measurement of BF%, compared with DXA, in a population of Latin American children and adolescents with an excess of adiposity. A total of 127 children and adolescents (11–17 years of age; 70% girls) from the HEPAFIT (Exercise Training and Hepatic Metabolism in Overweight/Obese Adolescent) study were included in the present work. BF% was measured on the same day using two BIA analysers (Seca® 206, Allers Hamburg, Germany and Model Tanita® BC-418®, TANITA Corporation, Sportlife Tokyo, Japan), skinfold measurements (Slaughter equation), and DXA (Hologic Horizon DXA System®, Quirugil, Bogotá, Columbia). Agreement between measurements was analysed using t-tests, Bland–Altman plots, and Lin’s concordance correlation coefficient (ρc). There was a significant correlation between DXA and the other BF% measurement methods (r > 0.430). According to paired t-tests, in both sexes, BF% assessed by BIA analysers or Slaughter equations differ from BF% assessed by DXA (p < 0.001). The lower and upper limits of the differences compared with DXA were 6.3–22.9, 2.2–2.8, and −3.2–21.3 (95% CI) in boys and 2.3–14.8, 2.4–20.1, and 3.9–18.3 (95% CI) in girls for Seca® mBCA, Tanita® BC 420MA, and Slaughter equations, respectively. Concordance was poor between DXA and the other methods of measuring BF% (ρc < 0.5). BIA analysers and Slaughter equations underestimated BF% measurements compared to DXA, so they are not interchangeable methods for assessing BF% in Latin American children and adolescents with excess of adiposity.
- Universidad Publica De Navarra Spain
- Klaipėda University Lithuania
- University of Navarra Spain
- Universidad Publica De Navarra Spain
- University of Santiago Chile Chile
Male, Physiology, Body Composition Assessment and Analysis, Fisiología humana, Adolescents, Body composition, Body Mass Index, Absorptiometry, Photon, Electric Impedance, TX341-641, Body fat percentage, Bone mineral, adolescents, Child, Children, Internal medicine, Limits of agreement, Body mass index, Adiposity, DXA, adiposity, Grasa (Fisiología), Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis, Anthropometry, Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, Validation study, Skinfold Thickness, Environmental health, validation study, Exercise Physiology and Cardiovascular Health, Medicine, Female, Excess Adiposity, Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry, Bioelectrical impedance analysis, Tejido adiposo, Adolescent, Skinfold thickness, Population, Nutritional Status, Colombia, Article, children, Health Sciences, Bland–Altman plot, FOS: Mathematics, Humans, Obesity, Biology, body composition, Global Trends in Obesity and Overweight Research, Nutrition. Foods and food supply, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Overweight, Body Fat Percentage, Dual energy, Complementary and alternative medicine, FOS: Biological sciences, Nuclear medicine, Osteoporosis, Mathematics, Animal science
Male, Physiology, Body Composition Assessment and Analysis, Fisiología humana, Adolescents, Body composition, Body Mass Index, Absorptiometry, Photon, Electric Impedance, TX341-641, Body fat percentage, Bone mineral, adolescents, Child, Children, Internal medicine, Limits of agreement, Body mass index, Adiposity, DXA, adiposity, Grasa (Fisiología), Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis, Anthropometry, Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, Validation study, Skinfold Thickness, Environmental health, validation study, Exercise Physiology and Cardiovascular Health, Medicine, Female, Excess Adiposity, Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry, Bioelectrical impedance analysis, Tejido adiposo, Adolescent, Skinfold thickness, Population, Nutritional Status, Colombia, Article, children, Health Sciences, Bland–Altman plot, FOS: Mathematics, Humans, Obesity, Biology, body composition, Global Trends in Obesity and Overweight Research, Nutrition. Foods and food supply, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Overweight, Body Fat Percentage, Dual energy, Complementary and alternative medicine, FOS: Biological sciences, Nuclear medicine, Osteoporosis, Mathematics, Animal science
