Measurement of Human Body Composition in Vivo

Burkinshaw, L.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-2387-7_4

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“…In addition, the observed precision (CV 1.5 %, SD 0.29 kg) for the measurement of body fat using this technique was within the range obtained by other investigators (Hill et ul. 1978;Burkinshaw, 1985;King, 1985). Hence the sum of four skinfolds approach to body composition was applicable to each ethnic group studied and was expected to give consistent results.…”

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No evidence for an ethnic influence on basal metabolism: an examination of data from India and Australia

et al. 1998

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A lower BMR of Indians, when compared with Westerners matched for age, sex, and either surface area or body weight, has often been reported in the literature and has been interpreted to reflect an ethnic influence on BMR. To determine the contribution of body composition to these observed differences in BMR, we analysed the data on ninety-six Indians and eighty-one Caucasian Australians of both sexes, aged 18-30 years, studied in Bangalore, India and Melbourne, Australia. Absolute BMR and BMR adjusted for body weight were significantly lower in Indians when compared with Australians of the corresponding sex. However, BMR adjusted for fat-free mass (FFM) in men, and BMR adjusted for FFM and fat mass (FM) in women, were not significantly different between the two groups. Stepwise regression of FFM, FM, sex (0 = women; 1 = men) and ethnicity (0 = Indian; 1 = Australian) on BMR, resulted in the following relationship for the combined data on all subjects: BMR = 88. As part of their analysis of the Food and AgricultureOrganization's database on BMR, Schofield et al. (1985) made the observation that measured B M R

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No evidence for an ethnic influence on basal metabolism: an examination of data from India and Australia

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“…The validity of the DPA method for appendicular skeletal muscle mass was evaluated on subjects of the phase I and three additional healthy, lean individuals (n-34) by comparing DPA results to TBK, TBN, and muscle calculated from anthropometric estimates and combined methodologies (Heymsfield et al, in press). The calculated muscle estimates involves use of two models of skeletal muscle mass proposed by Burkinshaw (1985, Burkinshaw et al, 1987. One model requires measurement of TBK and TBN, and the second model is based on TBK and fat-free body mass.…”

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Dual Photon Absorptiometry: Validation of Mineral and Fat Measurements

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et al. 1990

In Vivo Body Composition Studies

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“…where d is body density (kg/l) and Wt is body-weight (kg). Thus Burkinshaw (1985) showed that Durnin & Taylor's (1960) estimate of precision (f0.0023 kg/l) is equivalent to 0 7 2 kg fat for a Reference Man (Snyder et al 1975) in whom fat is 19.3 YO of 70 kg body-weight, if it is assumed that weight is measured with no error. It will become apparent that in comparison to other methods available this level of precision is impressively small and consequently there is a considerable literature of measurements on healthy adult subjects.…”

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“…Radioactive 40K occurs naturally as a constant proportion of all K and its presence in vivo can be detected using whole-body counters. The attenuation of the count by a subject's body size and shape needs to be taken into account, and precision additionally depends on specific aspects of instrument design; values of 3-4 % for standard errors are usually quoted for adults (Burkinshaw, 1985). It can be shown that this is equivalent to 2.16% fat for Reference Man, but there are other factors leading to further uncertainty.…”

Section: E a S U R E M E N T O F T O T A L Body P O T A S S I U Mmentioning

confidence: 99%