Body fat estimated from anthropometric and electrical impedance measurements Pasco, J. A. and Rutishauser, I. H. E. 1985, Body fat estimated from anthropometric and electrical impedance measurements, Human nutrition : clinical nutrition, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 365-369. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Body fat estimated from anthropometric and electrical impedance measurements Author(s) Pasco, J. A. orcid.org/0000-0002-8968-4714 Rutishauser, I. H. E. Journal name Human nutrition : clinical nutrition Volume number 39 Issue number 5 Start page 365 End page 369 Total pages 5 Publisher Nature Publishing Group Place of publication London, England Publication date 1985 ISSN 0263-8290 Keyword(s) anthropometry body fat human human cell methodology normal human normal value priority journal skinfold subcutaneous tissue Summary Estimates of body fat based on anthropometric measurements were compared in two groups of females, one from the local community and the other from the 1984 Australian Olympic Team. Estimates of body fat based on electrical impedance measurements were also made for the community group. For estimates of total body fat based on skinfold measurements, a significant difference of approximately 1 kg fat/m2 was observed between athletes and non-athletes. In the group of non-athletes estimates of fat based on skinfold measurements were significantly higher than those based on body mass index, with estimates from electrical impedance falling between. Electrical impedance measurements may provide a means of estimating body fat which takes into account differences in fat distribution and in the ratio of fat to fat-free tissue and may thus overcome the problems associated with estimates based on measurements of subcutaneous fat (skinfolds) or body size which do not allow for these differences. Language eng Field of Research 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©1985, Nature Publishing Group Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30042822 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Medicine   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 05 Mar 2012, 11:16:58 EST Mon, 02 Jul 2012, 09:14:10 EST Mon, 02 Jul 2012, 09:14:42 EST Mon, 02 Jul 2012, 09:19:40 EST Fri, 19 Sep 2014, 12:18:59 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 11 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 818 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 05 Mar 2012, 11:16:58 EST