Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and Manual Measurements of Neck Circumference Are Interchangeable, and Declining Neck Circumference Is Related to Presarcopenia.

Masaaki Machino Kei Ando Kazuyoshi Kobayashi Hiroaki Nakashima Satoshi Tanaka Shunsuke Kanbara Sadayuki ItoTaro InoueHiroyuki KoshimizuTaisuke SekiShinya Ishizuka Yasuhiko Takegami Yukiharu Hasegawa Shiro Imagama

Published in: BioMed research international (2021)

BIA measurements of NC are interchangeable within about 95% with manual measurements. The decrease in NC measured by BIA was significantly associated with presarcopenia in both genders. NC measurement can be used for early detection of presarcopenia.

Keyphrases

body mass index
body composition
body weight
dual energy
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
magnetic resonance