The Prediction of Body Composition in African Americans From Spine and Hip Dual-Energy Absorptiometry

Body composition, the makeup of the body's fat and lean tissue, is associated with important health outcomes and provides useful clinical information. Although body composition can be measured with total body dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), this is rarely performed. As an alternative to total body DXA measurement, methods for estimation of body composition have been developed. These methods use soft tissue measures from spine and hip DXA to predict body composition and include prediction equations previously published by Leslie and proprietary equations within General Electric densitometry software.
Source: Journal of Clinical Densitometry - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research