Body composition in overweight and obese women postpartum: bioimpedance methods validated by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and doubly labeled water.

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Obesity, pregnancy and lactation all affect body composition. Simple methods to estimate body composition are useful in clinical practice and to evaluate interventions. In overweight and obese lactating women, such methods are not fully validated. The objective of this study was to validate the accuracy and precision of bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) by Xitron 4200 and 8-electrode multifrequency impedance (multifrequency bioimpedance analysis, MFBIA) by Tanita MC180MA with the reference methods dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and doubly labeled water (DLW) for the assessment of body composition in 70 overweight and obese women postpartum.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Eur J Clin Nutr

Title: European journal of clinical nutrition

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISSN (Electronic): 1476-5640

ISSN (Print): 0954-3007

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2016

Volume: 70

Issue: 10

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[1 ] Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.

[2 ] Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

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Publisher Item ID: ejcn201650

DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2016.50

PubMed ID: 27026424

SO-VID: 031dbc61-aa85-401c-a789-5be0b40cecd5

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