Comparison of body fatness measurements by near-infrared reactance and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in normal-weight and obese black and white women
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2010
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The British Journal of Nutrition
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The aim of the present study was to compare body fat percent (BF %) using single-site near-IR reactance (NIR) and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in a cohort of normal-weight (BMI < 25 kg/m2) black (n 102) and white (n 71); and obese (BMI > or = 30 kg/m2) black (n 117) and white (n 41) South African women (18-45 years). NIR-derived BF % was significantly correlated with DXA-derived BF % in all groups: normal-weight black (r 0.55, 95 % CI: 0.40, 0.67, P < 0.001) and white (r 0.69, 95 % CI: 0.53, 0.79, P < 0.001) women; obese black (r 0.59, 95 % CI: 0.46, 0.70, P < 0.001) and white (r 0.56, 95 % CI: 0.30, 0.74, P < 0.001) women. NIR under-predicted BF% compared to DXA in black women (normal-weight, - 4.36 (sd 4.13) % and obese, - 3.41 (sd 3.72) %), while smaller mean differences were observed in white women (normal-weight, - 0.29 (sd 4.19) % and obese, - 0.81 (sd 3.09) %), irrespective of normal-weight or obese status (P < 0.001). In obese subjects, NIR-derived BF % did not measure values greater than approximately 45 %, while the maximum DXA-derived measure was 58 %. In conclusion, although there was a significant relationship between NIR- and DXA-derived BF %, NIR under-predicted BF % in normal-weight and obese black South African women compared to DXA, but to a greater extent in subjects with very high levels of adiposity (>45 %). The results of single-site NIR as a measure of BF % should therefore be interpreted with caution, particularly in women of African descent and in those with very high levels of adiposity.
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Jennings, C.L., Micklesfield, L.K., Lambert, M.I., Lambert, E.V., Collins, M. & Goedecke, J.H. 2010. Comparison of body fatness measurements by near-infrared reactance and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in normal-weight and obese black and white women. The British Journal of Nutrition. 103(7):1065 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34986