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. 2018 Jan 17;6:3. doi: 10.1186/s41038-017-0105-9

Table 2.

BIS reliability

BIS variable ICC (95% CI) BIS trial number* BIS measure coefficient (95% CI) p value
R 0 0.999 (0.999–0.999) 2 −  0.07 (− 0.68–0.54) 0.83
3 − 0.06 (− 0.68–0.55) 0.84
R i 0.999 (0.998–0.999) 2 0.41 (− 1.90–2.71) 0.73
3 2.06 (− 0.24–4.37) 0.80
R inf 0.9996(0.999–0.999) 2 0.01 (− 0.30–0.32) 0.94
3 0.07 (− 0.24–0.38) 0.66
ECF 0.999 (0.998–0.999) 2 0.03 (− 0.17–0.22) 0.78
3 0.12 (− 0.07–0.32) 0.22
ICF 0.997 (0.996–0.998) 2 − 0.12 (− 0.46–0.22) 0.49
3 − 0.26 (− 0.61–0.08) 0.13
TBF 0.999 (0.999–0.999) 2 − 0.09 (− 0.38–0.20) 0.53
3 − 0.14 (− 0.43–0.15) 0.33

ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, R0 resistance at zero frequency, Ri intracellular resistance, Rinf resistance at infinite frequency, ECF extracellular fluid, ICF intracellular fluid, TBF total body fluid, BIS bioimpedance spectroscopy, CI confidence intervals

*Each BIS measure coefficient is in reference to measure 1 of the triplicate measures