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Reproducibility of Body Fat and Fat-Free Mass Measurements by Bioimpedance and Ultrasound Scanning Analysis in a Group of Young Adults

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Reproducibility of body fat (BF) and fat-free mass (FFM) measurements obtained by two indirect methods (bioimpedance analysis (BIA) and ultrasound scanning (US)) was performed in a group of young adults. To evaluate reproducibility, the repeated body composition measurements obtained using an ABC-02 Medas bioimpedance analyzer and BodyMetrixTM ultrasound scanner were carried out in the group of adult men and women. The study indicates the reliability of both individual and group estimates, as well as high reproducibility of measurements obtained with BIA and US. Strong positive significant correlations were found between the body composition measurements obtained with an ABC-02 Medas and BodyMetrixTM, as well as between repeated measurements of each of the devices. The analysis carried out for the ABC-02 Medas and BodyMetrixTM devices indicates good reproducibility of BF and FFM measurements in young men and women. The highest reproducibility was shown for the results of FFM measurements.

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  1.  In the Russian language, the phonetic transcription of foreign names and surnames is accepted (“as it is heard, so it is written”) [3]. The surname Bayes is pronounced Beyz (/beɪz/). You can listen here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/De-Thomas_Bayes.ogg. There is no uniformity in the spelling of this surname in Russian scientific literature. In non-mathematical texts, this is Beyz; in mathematical encyclopedias, Bayes. The authors prefer to follow the recommendations of linguists.

  2.  Transcription is in accordance with the recommendations adopted in Russia, mentioned in footnote 1.

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The study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 22-75-10122, Assessment of the Influence of Endogenous and Exogenous Factors on the Development of Various Types of Obesity.

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  1. Lopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physicochemical Medicine, Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia

    E. A. Bondareva, O. I. Parfent’eva, A. A. Vasil’eva, N. A. Kulemin & A. N. Gadzhiakhmedova

  2. Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    O. I. Parfent’eva & A. A. Vasil’eva

  3. Gorno-Altaisk State University, Gorno-Altaisk, Russia

    E. V. Popova

  4. First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia

    A. N. Gadzhiakhmedova & O. N. Kovaleva

  5. National Medical Research Centre, St. Petersburg, Russia

    N. N. Khromov-Borisov

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All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the biomedical ethics principles formulated in the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments and approved by the local Bioethics Committee of the Biological Faculty, Moscow State University (protocol no. 116-d of September 8, 2020).

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E.A. Bondareva—data collection, analysis and writing of the text; O.I. Parfent’ev, A.A. Vasil’eva, E.V. Popova, A.N. Gadzhiakhmedova, O.N. Kovaleva—data collection; N.A. Kulemin—data collection and analysis; N.N. Khromov-Borisov—analysis and writing of the text.

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Bondareva, E.A., Parfent’eva, O.I., Vasil’eva, A.A. et al. Reproducibility of Body Fat and Fat-Free Mass Measurements by Bioimpedance and Ultrasound Scanning Analysis in a Group of Young Adults. Hum Physiol 49, 411–420 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119723600042

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