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097 (501 / Db) – 457 Race African American Caucasian 17–19 20–80 * The FFB density values are largely taken from Heyward and Stolarzyk (1996) and Heyward and Wagner (2004). The formulae have been calculated independently by the authors from the assumed FFB density values. 5. b) Air Displacement Plethysmography: Though body volume for the determination of body density has primarily been assessed by underwater weighing and Archimedes’ principle, a more direct approach is to measure the volume of a fluid that the body displaces.
Body density or the attenuation of an x-ray beam in DXA), and a quantitative relationship is established to enable fat mass to be estimated from the measured quantity. g. skinfold thickness or bioelectrical impedance) and a regression equation against a level II method, typically densitometry, is derived. Thus level III methods are doubly indirect in that they HUMAN BODY COMPOSITION incorporate all the assumptions of the level II method they are calibrated against, as well as having their own inherent limitations.
This technique estimates FFM and TBW, but it cannot determine differences in intra-cellular water (ICW). Multi-frequency BIA uses different frequencies (0, 1, 5, 50, 100, 200 to 500 kHz) to evaluate FFM, TBW, ICW and extra-cellular water (ECW). Segmental BIA, involving varied electrode placements on the limbs and trunk, has been used to determine fluid shifts and fluid distribution in some diseases. Although the trunk of the body represents as much as 50% of whole body mass, its large cross-sectional area contributes as little as 10% to whole-body impedance.
