Height adjustment in assessing dual energy x-ray absorptiometry measurements of bone mass and density in children

BS Zemel, MB Leonard, A Kelly… - The Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Context: In children, bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD)
measurements by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) are affected by height status. No …

DEXA supports the use of BMI as a measure of fatness in young girls.

A Goulding, E Gold, R Cannan, RW Taylor… - … journal of obesity and …, 1996 - europepmc.org
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship of body fat mass measured by dual energy X-ray
absorptiometry (DEXA) to BMI in young girls, according to age and normative BMI percentile …

Accuracy of DXA-based body composition measurements for pediatric studies

KJ Ellis, RJ Shypailo, JA Pratt, WG Pond - Human Body Composition: In …, 1993 - Springer
When child growth is examined, measurements should be made of body fat, lean, and
mineral composition. Most of the methods available for children, however, are indirect and …

Evaluation of DXA against the four-component model of body composition in obese children and adolescents aged 5–21 years

JCK Wells, D Haroun, JE Williams, C Wilson… - International journal of …, 2010 - nature.com
Background: Body composition is increasingly measured in pediatric obese patients.
Although dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is widely available, and is precise, its …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing body fatness in obese adolescents: alternative methods to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

D Colley, B Cines, N Current, C Schulman… - The digest, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is a gold standard method for
body composition measurement. It is a reliable and valid measure for clinical assessment of …

The relationship between lean body mass and bone mineral content in paediatric health and disease

NJ Crabtree, MS Kibirige, JN Fordham, LM Banks… - Bone, 2004 - Elsevier
Introduction: The correct interpretation of DXA data is critical to the diagnosis and
management of children with suspected bone disease. This study examines the various …

[HTML][HTML] Improvement in the accuracy of dual energy x-ray absorptiometry for whole body and regional analysis of body composition: validation using piglets and …

JA Brunton, HA Weiler, SA Atkinson - Pediatric research, 1997 - nature.com
Previously, we conducted dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)(Hologic QDR-1000/W)
scans and carcass analysis of piglets to evaluate the Pediatric Whole Body software …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating body fat in girls and female adolescents: advantages and disadvantages of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

WW Wong, AC Hergenroeder, JE Stuff, NF Butte… - The American journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Background: Within the past 10 y, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) has become one
of the most widely used methods of measuring human body composition. However, DXA has …

Accuracy of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry for body-composition measurements in children

KJ Ellis, RJ Shypailo, JA Pratt, WG Pond - The American journal of clinical …, 1994 - Elsevier
The accuracy of body-composition measurements by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry
(DXA) was assessed by comparison with total carcass chemical analysis in 16 pigs with a …

Regional bone mass measurement from whole-body dual energy X-ray absorptiometry scan

M Hammami, MWM Koo, WWK Koo, RT Thomas… - Journal of Clinical …, 2001 - Elsevier
There are no data on the relative accuracy and precision of regional bone mass
measurement from whole-body dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans in small …