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. 2015 Mar 18;16:60. doi: 10.1186/s12891-015-0510-9

Table 5.

Agreement between BIA and DXA, stratified by age and gender

Variables Men ICC (CI 95%) Women ICC (CI 95%)
Age category 18-34 years Appendicular lean mass/height square (kg/m2) 0.0085 (−0.29-0.30) −0.43 (−0.66- -0.14)
Lean mass left arm (kg) 0.92 (085–0.95) 0.45 (0.16-0.67)
Lean mass right arm (kg) 0.89 (0.80-0.94) 0.58 (0.32-0.75)
Lean mass trunk (kg) 0.91 (0.84-0.95) 0.44 (0.15-0.67)
Lean mass left leg (kg) 0.089 (−0.22-0.38) −0.14 (−0.44-0.18)
Lean mass right leg (kg) 0.086 (−0.22-0.37) −0.13 (−0.43-0.19)
Fat mass (kg) −0.038 (−0.33-0.26) −0.086 (−0.39-0.23)
Body fat (%) −0.25 (−0.43-0.15) −0.44 (−0.66-0.15)
35-64 years Appendicular lean mass/height square (kg/m2) −0.11 (−0.38-0.18) −0.038 (−0.031-0.24)
Lean mass left arm (kg) 0.81 (0.68-0.89) 0.37 (0.11-0.59)
Lean mass right arm (kg) 0.40 (0.13-0.61) 0.65 (0.46-0.79)
Lean mass trunk (kg) 0.42 (0.15-0.63) 0.70 (0.53-0.82)
Lean mass left leg (kg) −0.0019 (−0.29-0.28) −0.0046 (−0.29-0.28)
Lean mass right leg (kg) 0.050 (−0.24-0.33) −0.045 (−0.32-0.24)
Fat mass (kg) 0.17 (−0.12-0.44) 0.19(−0.098-0.44)
Body fat (%) −0.23 (−0.49-0.057) −0.19 (−0.45-0.093)
65+ years Appendicular lean mass/height square (kg/m2) 0.32 (−0.12-0.66) −0.23 (−0.54-0.13)
Lean mass left arm (kg) 0.92 (0.80-0.96) 0.64 (0.37-0.81)
Lean mass right arm (kg) 0.61 (0.25-0.82) 0.85 (0.71-0.92)
Lean mass trunk (kg) 0.63 (0.28-0.83) 0.60 (0.29-0.77)
Lean mass left leg (kg) 0.24 (−0.21-0.61) −0.078(−0.42-0.28)
Lean mass right leg (kg) 0.33 (−0.12-0.68) −0.18(−0.50-0.18)
Fat mass (kg) 0.24 (−0.21-0.60) 0.72 (0.49-0.85)
Body fat (%) −0.14 (−0.53-0.31) 0.42 (0.08-0.67)