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. 2021 Mar 3;12(5):1854–1862. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmab016

TABLE 2.

Validity of ADP in multi-ethnic and minority samples of healthy adults1

Study Criterion Outcome n Race/ethnicity Sex (%male) Age,2 y MD (± SD)3 TE3 SEE3 R 2 95% LOA
Fields et al. (29) 4C %fat 42 Multi (39 White, 3 Black) 0 32.8 ± 11.0 −1.84 2.3 2.68 0.92
Lowry and Tomiyama (30) DXA %fat 64 Multi (57 White, 7 Asian) 78.3 55.0 ± 14.5 6.8 (4.4) (UW)4 −1.9 to 15.5
2.4 (4.1) (NW)4 −5.6 to 10.3
−1.7 (3.3) (OW)4 −8.1 to 4.7
Wingfield et al. (31) DXA %fat 24 Multi (17 White, 7 Black) 0 36.6 ± 12.0 1.6 (3.8) 0.44 −5.8 to 8.9
FFM 0.98 (2.9) 0.81 −6.7 to 4.7
Alemán-Mateo et al. (32) 4C FM 202 Mexican 49.5 69.0 ± 6.4 −0.93 (2.3) 2.3 0.93 −5.6 to 3.8
Alemán-Mateo et al. (33) 3C %fat 37 Mexican 59.5 69.3 ± 6.5 −0.99 (1.4) 1.39 0.97 −1.5 to 0.5
Collins et al. (34) 4C %fat 39 Black 100 23.8 ± 5.7 −3.64 4.7 0.58
Wagner et al. (35) DXA %fat 30 Black 100 32.0 ± 7.7 −1.674 2.84 0.86
Bi et al. (36) DXA %fat 445 Singaporean (91% Chinese) 41.3 37.5 ± 14.5 −3.94 0.86 −2.3 to 10.2
Sasai et al. (37) DXA %fat 50 Japanese 100 47.8 ± 8.6 0.25 (2.9) 2.62 0.63 −5.52 to 6.02
1

ADP, air displacement plethysmography; FFM, fat-free mass; FM, fat mass; LOA, limits of agreement; MD, mean difference; NW, normal weight; OW, overweight; SEE, standard error of the estimate; TE, total error; UW, underweight; %fat, body fat percentage; 3C, 3-compartment model; 4C, 4-compartment model.

2

Values are means ± SDs.

3

Units for FM and FFM outcome variables are kg, units for %fat outcome variable are %.

4

Significant mean difference between criterion and ADP (P < 0.05).