Clinical Study
Body Fat Mass Assessment: A Comparison between an Ultrasound-Based Device and a Discovery A Model of DXA
Table 1
Characteristics of the study subjects (mean ± SD).
| | Variables | Females () | Males () |
| | Body weight, kg | 65.5 ± 18.2 | 73.5 ± 14.6 | | BMI, kg/m² | 25.0 ± 6.6 | 24.6 ± 4.5 | | US thickness, mm | | | | Umbilical (left + right side)/2 | 30.1 ± 22.7 | 35.6 ± 18.7 | | Midthigh (left + right side)/2 | 23.8 ± 10.0 | 18.6 ± 6.9 | | Circumference, mm | | | | Umbilical waist | 89.9 ± 15.1 | 91.7 ± 13.9 | | BF by DXA | | | | Total BF, kg | 21.6 ± 11.1 | 16.0 ± 7.6 | | BF % | 31.5 ± 7.5 | 21.1 ± 7.2 | | BF by US | | | | Total BF, kg | 21.6 ± 10.9 | 15.7 ± 7.1 | | BF % | 31.4 ± 7.0 | 20.7 ± 6.4 |
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