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Muntean P, Popa A, Miclos-Balica M, Schick F, Munteanu O, Pupazan V, Neagu A, Neagu M. Learning Effects in Air Displacement Plethysmography. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:1315. [PMID: 37374098 DOI: 10.3390/life13061315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Air displacement plethysmography (ADP) is a widespread technique for assessing global obesity in both health and disease. The reliability of ADP has been demonstrated by studies focused on duplicate trials. The present study was purported to evaluate learning effects on the reliability of body composition assessment using the BOD POD system, the sole commercially available ADP instrument. To this end, quadruplicate trials were performed on a group of 105 subjects (51 women and 54 men). We estimated measurement error from pairs of consecutive trials-(1,2), (2,3), and (3,4)-to test the hypothesis that early measurements are subject to larger errors. Indeed, statistical analysis revealed that measures of reliability inferred from the first two trials were inferior to those computed for the other pairs of contiguous trials: for percent body fat (%BF), the standard error of measurement (SEM) was 1.04% for pair (1,2), 0.71% for pair (2,3), and 0.66% for pair (3,4); the two-way random effects model intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was 0.991 for pair (1,2), and 0.996 for pairs (2,3) and (3,4). Our findings suggest that, at least for novice subjects, the first ADP test should be regarded as a practice trial. When the remaining trials were pooled together, the reliability indices of single ADP tests were the following: ICC = 0.996, SEM = 0.70%, and minimum detectable change (MDC) = 1.93% for %BF, and ICC = 0.999, SEM = 0.49 kg, and MDC = 1.35 kg for fat-free mass (FFM). Thus, the present study pleads for eliminating learning effects to further increase the reliability of ADP.
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Affiliation(s)
- Paul Muntean
- Department of Functional Sciences, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timișoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
- Center for Modeling Biological Systems and Data Analysis, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
- Department of Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rheumatology, Research Center for Assessment of Human Motion, Functionality and Disability, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timișoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Functional Sciences, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timișoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Functional Sciences, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timișoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
- Center for Modeling Biological Systems and Data Analysis, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Functional Sciences, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timișoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Functional Sciences, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timișoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Functional Sciences, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timișoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Functional Sciences, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timișoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
- Center for Modeling Biological Systems and Data Analysis, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Department of Functional Sciences, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timișoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
- Center for Modeling Biological Systems and Data Analysis, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania
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Horhat R, Miclos-Balica M, Muntean P, Popa S, Sima I, Glisici B, Cîrja O, Neagu A, Neagu M. The impact of subject positioning on body composition assessments by air displacement plethysmography evaluated in a heterogeneous sample. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0267089. [PMID: 35427395 PMCID: PMC9012354 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Introduction
This study sought to evaluate the impact of subject positioning on body composition assessments by air displacement plethysmography using the BOD POD®.
Methods
Eighty-two adults (42 men and 40 women), aged 26.1 ± 8.4 y (mean ± standard deviation), body mass index = 23.6 ± 4.8 kg/m2, were assessed by repeated measurements in two different positions: relaxed (legs apart, back away from the rear) and compact (legs together, arms near the body, back touching the rear). We relied on Bland-Altman analysis to quantify the agreement between results recorded in the two positions. Using body surface charts, we tested the hypothesis that posture-induced variability stems from differences in exposed skin area.
Results
Switching from compact to relaxed position resulted in a bias of -197 mL for body volume, -1.53% for percent body fat, and 1.085 kg for fat-free mass. The body surface area in contact with air was larger in relaxed position by 3632 ± 522 cm2. When body volume was expressed in terms of the actual area of exposed skin in the compact position, the percent body fat bias became 0.08%, with a 95% confidence interval of (-0.14, 0.29)%.
Conclusions
Subject posture is a source of significant variability in air displacement plethysmography. The disagreement between results obtained in different positions can be eliminated by adjusting the surface area artifact, suggesting that subject positioning in the BOD POD® should be controlled to avoid changes in the amount of air maintained under isothermal conditions by the body.
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Affiliation(s)
- Raluca Horhat
- Department of Functional Sciences, Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
- Center for Modeling Biological Systems and Data Analysis, Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
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- Department of Functional Sciences, Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
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- Department of Functional Sciences, Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
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- Department of Functional Sciences, Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
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- Department of Functional Sciences, Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
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- Department of Functional Sciences, Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
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- Department of Functional Sciences, Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
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- Department of Functional Sciences, Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
- Center for Modeling Biological Systems and Data Analysis, Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Functional Sciences, Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
- Center for Modeling Biological Systems and Data Analysis, Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
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