A new approach for the estimation of body composition: infrared interactance
Open Access
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 40 (6), 1123-1130
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/40.6.1123
Abstract
A new method for the estimation of body composition in humans, called infrared interactance, is discussed. Infrared interactance is based on the principles of light absorption, reflection, and near-infrared spectroscopy. Body composition (percentage fat) was estimated in 53 adults (23 to 65 yr of age) by infrared interactance and compared to results from deuterium oxide dilution (r = 0.94), skinfold (r = 0.90), and ultrasound (r = 0.89) measurements. The method is safe, noninvasive, rapid, easy to use, and may prove useful to predict percentage body fat, especially in the obese.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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