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. 2018 Aug 5;2018:4537623. doi: 10.1155/2018/4537623

Table 2.

Body composition parameters of the hemodialysis patients with BIA S10, BIA 720, and DXA (mean ± SD).

DXA BIA S10 BIA 720
Fat mass (kg)
 Male 19.28 ± 7.30a 19.16 ± 8.29b 16.68 ± 9.07a,b
 Female 20.33 ± 8.94a 19.88 ± 11.32b 16.40 ± 11.28a,b
 Total 19.32 ± 7.94a 18.91 ± 9.36b 16.82 ± 9.46a,b

Percentage of fat mass (%)
 Male 27.24 ± 6.48a 27.53 ± 10.00b 23.68 ± 10.20a,b
 Female 34.11 ± 8.70a 33.68 ± 11.22b 29.30 ± 11.57a,b
 Total 29.63 ± 7.98a 29.67 ± 10.77b 25.49 ± 10.90a,b

Fat-free mass (kg)
 Male 47.56 ± 5.88 46.46 ± 7.35a 48.88 ± 7.24a
 Female 36.66 ± 5.01 35.35 ± 3.96a 37.11 ± 4.35a
 Total 43.77 ± 7.63c,d 42.6 ± 8.29a,c 45.08 ± 8.48a,d

Fat mass index (kg/m2)
 Male 6.83 ± 2.80a 6.72 ± 3.35b 6.05 ± 3.45a,b
 Female 8.37 ± 3.91a 8.27 ± 4.75b 7.30 ± 4.77a,b
 Total 7.37 ± 3.29a 7.26 ± 3.93b 6.46 ± 3.93a,b

Fat-free mass index (kg/m2)
 Male 17.18 ± 1.88 16.73 ± 1.95a 17.63 ± 1.70a
 Female 15.10 ± 2.42 14.50 ± 1.52a 15.19 ± 1.80a
 Total 16.46 ± 2.29e 15.95 ± 2.10a,e 16.84 ± 2.07a

BIA = bioelectrical impedance analysis; DXA = dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; a,bsignificant difference between tools of measurement at p < 0.001 in each line; csignificant difference between tools of measurement at p=0.014 in each line; dsignificant difference between tools of measurement at p=0.049 in each line; esignificant difference between tools of measurement at p=0.006 in each line.