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Validity of impedance-based equations for the prediction of total body water as measured by deuterium dilution in African women
Author(s) -
Aïssatou Dioum,
Agnès Gartner,
Aïta Sarr Cissé,
Francis Delpeuch,
Bernard Maire,
Salimata Wade,
Yves Schütz
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/81.3.597
Subject(s) - bioelectrical impedance analysis , body water , population , statistics , dilution , ethnic group , demography , mathematics , medicine , body mass index , thermodynamics , body weight , physics , sociology , anthropology
Little information is available on the validity of simple and indirect body-composition methods in non-Western populations. Equations for predicting body composition are population-specific, and body composition differs between blacks and whites.

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