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

Table 5.

Univariate analysis of variable correlation on whole-body BIS measures

BIS variable Covariate Co-efficient Confidence intervals p value
Lower Upper
R0 (ohms) Time (minutes) − 0.40 − 0.54 − 0.27 < 0.01*
% TBSA − 5.09 − 7.08 − 3.10 < 0.01*
Net fluid shift (ml) − 0.05 − 0.07 − 0.02 < 0.01*
Initial TBF (L) − 5.78 − 8.95 − 2.61 < 0.01*
Ri (ohms) Time (minutes) − 2.51 − 3.09 − 1.92 < 0.01*
% TBSA − 8.85 − 16.98 − 0.74 0.03*
Net fluid shift (ml) − 0.25 − 0.36 − 0.15 < 0.01*
Initial TBF (L) − 28.79 − 41.74 − 15.84 < 0.01*
Rinf (ohms) Time (minutes) − 0.40 − 0.51 − 0.28 < 0.01*
% TBSA − 3.25 − 4.69 − 1.81 < 0.01*
Net fluid shift (ml) − 0.05 − 0.07 − 0.03 < 0.01*
Initial TBF (L) − 5.38 − 7.68 − 3.07 < 0.01*
ECF (L) Time (minutes) 0.02 − 0.01 0.05 0.15
% TBSA 1.40 0.99 1.80 < 0.01*
Net fluid shift (ml) 0.01 − 0.001 0.01 0.09
Initial TBF (L) 1.20 0.56 1.85 < 0.01*
ICF (L) Time (minutes) 0.06 0.03 0.10 < 0.01*
% TBSA 1.52 1.17 1.88 < 0.01*
Net fluid shift (ml) 0.01 0.01 0.02 < 0.01*
Initial TBF (L) 1.56 0.99 2.13 < 0.01*
TBF (L) Time (minutes) 0.08 0.02 0.14 < 0.01*
% TBSA 2.92 2.18 3.65 < 0.01*
Net fluid shift (ml) 0.02 0.01 0.03 < 0.01*
Initial TBF (L) 2.77 1.59 3.94 < 0.01*

R0 resistance at zero frequency, Ri intracellular resistance, Rinf resistance at infinite frequency, ECF extracellular fluid, ICF intracellular fluid, TBF total body fluid, TBSA total body surface area, BIS bioimpedance spectroscopy

*p ≤ 0.05