Table 3 Combined men and women assessment for test–retest reliability of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (MFBIA) measurements for repeated assessments for subset (n = 117).

From: Real-world assessment of Multi-Frequency Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (MFBIA) for measuring body composition in healthy physically active populations

 

Region

Unit

DXA ICC

DXA Bias ± SD

MFBIA ICC

MFBIA Bias ± SD

Fat

Arms

kg

0.990

−0.01 ± 0.15

0.995

0.08 ± 0.43

Legs

kg

0.990

−0.03 ± 0.47

0.990

0.13 ± 0.78

Trunk

kg

0.997

−0.07 ± 0.48

0.993

0.17 ± 1.48

Relative

%

0.996

−0.04 ± 0.95

0.993

0.24 ± 1.28

Visceral

cm2

0.995

−1.04 ± 6.45

0.993

1.18 ± 6.23

Total

kg

0.998

−0.04 ± 0.61

0.994

0.41 ± 2.41

Fat−Free

Arms

kg

0.992

0.04 ± 0.39

0.993

−0.10 ± 0.62

Legs

kg

0.994

−0.12 ± 0.83

0.987

−0.16 ± 1.69

Trunk

kg

0.990

−0.12 ± 0.93

0.994

−0.33 ± 1.68

Total

kg

0.995

−0.16 ± 1.52

0.994

−0.59 ± 4.08

Water

Total

L

N/A

N/A

0.995

0.45 ± 2.59

Intracellular

L

N/A

N/A

0.996

0.26 ± 1.57

Extracellular

L

N/A

N/A

0.993

0.18 ± 1.12

  1. Note: DXA dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient (method reported for average of fixed raters, ICC(3k), MFBIA multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis.