title: Relationships between body fat measured by DXA and subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness measured by Lipometer in adults.
abstract: The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between body fat measured by DXA and subcutaneous adipose tissue layers (SAT-layers) measured by LIPOMETER in adult males (n=28) and females (n=53). Body height and mass were measured and BMI was calculated (kg/m2). Measurements of the thicknesses of SAT-layers by LIPOMETER were performed at 15 original body sites. Body composition was measured using DXA. Total body fat % measured by DXA was highly dependent on the SAT-layers in the upper back and inner thigh in males (87.1%, R(2)x100) and the lateral chest, biceps, and calf in females (78.5%, R(2)x100). There were gender differences in trunk fat mass and right hand and leg fat mass calculation using specific SAT-layers. In conclusion, our results indicate that there are close relationships between SAT-layers and body fat measured by DXA. However, there are big differences between genders.
authors: Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia. toivo.jurimae@ut.ee
authors: Toivo
authors: T
authors: Jürimäe
authors: Jaak
authors: J
authors: Jürimäe
authors: Sandra J
authors: SJ
authors: Wallner
authors: Rainer W
authors: RW
authors: Lipp
authors: Wolfgang J
authors: WJ
authors: Schnedl
authors: Reinhard
authors: R
authors: Möller
authors: Erwin
authors: E
authors: Tafeit
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D001823:Body Composition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D050151:Subcutaneous Fat / Q000502:physiology