Bioimpedance assessment of body composition using ABC-01 ‘Medas’ and Diamant-AIST instruments: a comparison

Recieved: 02/08/2023

Accepted: 03/14/2023

Published: 05/22/2023

Keywords: biological anthropology; bioimpedance analysis; body composition; adults; paired measurements; mutual data calibration

Available online: 22.05.2023

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Sipatrova Anastasya G., Godina Elena Z., Permiakova Ekaterina Yu. , Anisimova Anna V., Zubko Aleksandr V., Rudnev Sergey G. Bioimpedance assessment of body composition using ABC-01 ‘Medas’ and Diamant-AIST instruments: a comparison. // Lomonosov Journal of Anthropology 2023. Issue 2. 70-81 https://doi.org/10.32521/2074-8132.2023.2.070-081.

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Sipatrova Anastasya G. (Russian University of Sport (SCOLIPE))
Godina Elena Z. (Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Lomonosov Moscow State University)
Permiakova Ekaterina Yu. (Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Lomonosov Moscow State University)
Anisimova Anna V. (Institute of Gene Biology Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow)
Zubko Aleksandr V. (Russian Research Institute of Health, Moscow, Russia)
Rudnev Sergey G. (Marchuk Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

Introduction. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is an indirect method of body composition assessment. The equipment for BIA measurements is produced in many countries including Russia and may differ in electrical current frequencies, measurement schemes and built-in algorithms for the evaluation of body composition. In view of this, body composition estimates from various BIA instruments may be inconsistent which limits the ability to combine and generalize BIA data. Our purpose was to analyze the consistency and possibility of joint use of the BIA data obtained using the ABC-01 ‘Medas’ (SRC Medas, Moscow) and Diamant-AIST (LLC Diamant, St. Petersburg) instruments in adults.

Materials and methods. 185 adult volunteers (107 women and 78 men) aged 18 to 61 years were examined according to the standard anthropometric measurement protocol and on the basis of paired consecutive measurements with the bioimpedance body composition instruments ABC-01 ‘Medas’ and Diamant-AIST. The estimates of fat-free mass (FFM), body fat (BF) and percentage body fat (%BF) were compared. Mutual calibration of the bioimpedance data was carried out based on transformation of the Diamant-AIST data using a conversion formula between the ABC-01 ‘Medas’ and Diamant-AIST resistances and subsequent application the ABC-01 ‘Medas’ body composition assessment algorithm.

Results. There were significant differences in the median values of FFM, BF and %BF estimates provided by the ABC-01 ‘Medas’ and Diamant-AIST instruments. The FFM values in females using the ABC-01 ‘Medas’ instrument were significantly lower, and the BF and %BF were significantly higher as compared to the Diamant-AIST data. In males, the inverse relationship was observed while maintaining significant differences between the medians.

The differences in paired estimates of body composition data provided by the ABC-01 ‘Medas’ instrument and the transformed Diamant-AIST data in males and females, respectively, were statistically insignificant. Also, the confidence intervals for the differences of paired body composition estimates reduced essentially, but still not ensured good consistency of individual body composition data.

Conclusions. Significant differences in paired values of fat-free mass, fat mass and relative body fat using the ABC-01 ‘Medas’ and Diamant-AIST bioimpedance instruments are obtained. The possibility of mutual calibration and joint analysis of the related bioimpedance data at the group level is established. © 2023. This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license.

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