A Comparison of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and Air Displacement Plethysmography to Assess Body Composition in Children

Overview

Journal Front Public Health

Specialty Public Health

Date 2023 Jul 20

PMID 37469700

Authors

Fangfang Chen

Lijun Wu

Yiren Chen

Jing Wang

Junting Liu

Guimin Huang

Dongqing Hou

Zijun Liao

Ting Zhang

Xianghui Xie

Gongshu Liu

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Abstract

Background: Accurate assessment of body composition (BC) is important to investigate the development of childhood obesity. A bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) device is portable and inexpensive compared with air displacement plethysmography (ADP) for the assessment of BC and is widely used in children. However, studies of the effectiveness of BIA are few and present different results, especially in pediatric populations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the agreement between BIA and ADP for estimating BC.

Methods: The BC of 981 Chinese children (3-5 years) was measured using the BIA device (SeeHigher BAS-H, China) and ADP (BOD POD).

Results: Our results showed that BIA underestimated fat mass (FM) and overestimated fat-free mass (FFM) in normal weight children ( < 0.05), but the opposite trend was shown in children with obesity ( < 0.05). The agreement between FM and FFM measured by the two methods was strong (CCC > 0.80). The linear regression equation of 5-year-old children was constructed.

Conclusion: The SeeHigher BAS-H multi-frequency BIA device is a valid device to evaluate BC in Chinese preschool children compared with ADP (BOD POD), especially in 5-year-old children or children with obesity. Further research is needed to standardize the assessment of BC in children.

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