Assessment of the body composition of brazilian boys: the bioimpedence method

• Main Authors: Martim Bottaro (Author), Adroaldo C. de Araujo Gaya (Author), Claudio Roberto Escovar Paiva (Author), Ricardo Flávio de Araújo Bezerra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2002-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The purpose of this study was to determine the applicability and predictive accuracy of previously published total-body resistance Bioimpedence (BIA) equations for estimation of body composition of 29 Brazilian boys (10 to 14 years old). A DXA (DPX-IQ, Version 4.6 A) was used to obtain reference mea...