Though BIA is not a reference measurement, studies comparing body composition measures between BIA and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) show strong correlation (r ≥ 0.80), such that BIA is able to rank-order study participants on FM and FFM.
Cross-sectionally, BMI centiles and z-scores correlate well with DEXA-measured adiposity and better than other body composition measures, 11 12 but their appropriateness to monitor change in adiposity has been questioned.
However, other studies have reported higher heritability estimates in females across a variety of body composition measures [43, 44].
The best combination of these was then combined with each of the body composition measures in turn to determine which of these was useful in improving the fit.
Similarly, high values of body composition measures, such as BMI and waist circumference, are significantly associated with greater all-cause [13] and CVD-related mortality [14].
To examine the association between ambulatory activity (AA), body composition measures and hip or knee joint replacement (JR) due to osteoarthritis.
Pooling of eight twin studies results (excluding Danis and colleagues [27] due to different methodology) suggest there is a significant rMZ across the majority of body composition measures (Table 4).
There were 11 studies (nine twin studies [20, 27 30, 32 35] and two family studies [24, 36]) which investigated body composition measures and their response following a PA intervention.
An increase in muscle mass from resistance exercise is known to raise energy expenditure, so body composition measures were an unfortunate omission.
Quadriceps strength, maximal oxygen consumption, and body composition measures were done as described elsewhere [21], [22].
In addition, body composition measures were further analyzed to blood and urine markers using Pearson R correlation.
