Research Article
Body Fat Evaluation in Male Athletes from Combat Sports by Comparing Anthropometric, Bioimpedance, and Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Measurements
Table 4
Median values of body fat percentages measured with DXA and BIA and estimated by anthropometric equations.
| Method | Median (25th-75th percentile) |
| DXA | 15.80 (12.70-19.45) | BIA | 10.50 (7.45-13.35) | Stewart et al. | 10.50 (6.95-15.80) | Civar et al. | 13.00 (10.85-16.65) | Reilly et al. | 11.60 (10.10-13.90) | Oliver et al. | 12.70 (10.55-16.35) | Evans et al. 2 | 10.90 (8.90-14.25) | Evans et al. 1 | 10.80 (8.85-14.30) | Withers et al. | 13.5 (11.00-17.05) | Thorland et al. 2 | 9.40 (6.60-12.25) | Thorland et al. 1 | 11.30 (7.90-16.80) | White et al. | 9.70 (7.25-12.60) | Forsyth and Sinning 4 | 11.90 (8.40-18.05) | Forsyth and Sinning 3 | 11.80 (8.80-18.50) | Forsyth and Sinning 2 | 12.00 (8.30-19.25) | Forsyth and Sinning 1 | 11.80 (8.40-19.10) | Zuti and Golding | 18.00 (15.45-21.35) | Faulkner | 12.50 (10.80-14.80) | Yuhasz | 18.00 (15.45-21.35) |
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BIA: bioelectrical impedance; DXA: dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; : Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient; : statistical significance; . |