title: Body fat in normal adults estimated by oxygen-18- and deuterium-dilution and by anthropometry: a comparison.
abstract: We estimated body fat in 20 normal adults (10 males and 10 females) from 18O- and 2H-dilution spaces and from the equations of Durnin & Womersley and Pollock, Schmidt & Jackson based on skinfold thickness measurements. Differences between methods for body fat estimation were found to be sex-dependent: subsequent analyses indicated significant differences between methods within each sex. Regardless of sex, the highest fat estimates were obtained with the 18O-dilution method, followed by those obtained with the 2H-dilution method or the Durnin & Womersley equation. The lowest fat estimates were obtained using the Pollock, Schmidt & Jackson equation. The 18O-dilution method and the Durnin & Wormersley anthropometric method are both suitable and appropriate for body fat estimation in adults studied under field conditions.
authors.affiliation: USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Cochran
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Klish
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fiorotto
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000328:Adult; D001823:Body Composition; D003903:Deuterium; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008875:Middle Aged; D010103:Oxygen Isotopes; D011865:Radioisotope Dilution Technique; D012737:Sex Factors; D012885:Skinfold Thickness
chemical_list: D010103:Oxygen Isotopes; D003903:Deuterium