title: Predictive accuracy of bioelectrical impedance in estimating body composition of Native American women.
abstract: The predictive accuracy of race-specific and fatness-specific bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) equations for estimating criterion fat-free mass (FFM) derived from two-component (2C) and multicomponent (MC) models was examined. Body density (Db) of Native American women (n = 151) aged 18-60 y was measured by hydrostatic weighing at residual volume. Total body bone ash was obtained by dual-energy, x-ray absorptiometry. Cross-validation of the Rising (5), Segal (3), and Gray (4) equations against FFM2C yielded high correlation coefficients (0.86-0.95) and acceptable SEEs (1.47-2.72 kg). Cross-validation of these equations against criterion FFMMC, with Db adjusted for total body mineral, yielded similar correlation coefficients (0.82-0.94) and SEEs (1.69-2.80 kg). However, each BIA equation significantly overestimated FFMMC. A new race-specific BIA equation based on an MC model was developed: FFMMC = 0.001254(HT2)-0.04904(R) + 0.1555(WT) + 0.1417(Xc) - 0.0833(AGE) + 20.05 (R = 0.864, and SEE = 2.63 kg).
authors.affiliation: Center for Exercise and Applied Human Physiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131-1251.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Stolarczyk
authors.forename: V H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Heyward
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Baumgartner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001823:Body Composition; D001835:Body Weight; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000737:chemistry; D017097:Electric Impedance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008433:Mathematics; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis