Body composition of adult cystic fibrosis patients and control subjects as determined by densitometry, bioelectrical impedance, total-body electrical conductivity, skinfold measurements, and deuterium oxide dilution

• Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 209 - 213
• Main Authors: Newby, MJ, Keim, NL, Brown, DL
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.1990
• Subjects: 550901 - Pathology- Tracer Techniques; ADIPOSE TISSUE; Adult; ANIMAL TISSUES; BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; BIOELECTRICITY; BODY; BODY COMPOSITION; Body Water; Body Weight; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; cystic fibrosis; Cystic Fibrosis - physiopathology; Densitometry; DEUTERIUM; Deuterium Oxide; diagnostic use; DISEASES; Electric Conductivity; electrical conductivity; ELECTRICITY; Female; Humans; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; impedance; Indicator Dilution Techniques; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; ISOTOPES; laboratory techniques; LIGHT NUCLEI; Male; measurement; men; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PATHOGENESIS; physiopathology; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES; Skinfold Thickness; STABLE ISOTOPES; TISSUES; TRACER TECHNIQUES; WATER; women

This study contrasts body compositions (by six methods) of eight cystic fibrosis (CF) subjects with those of eight control subjects matched for age, height, and sex. CF subjects weighed 84% as much as control subjects. Densitometry and two bioelectrical impedance-analysis methods suggested that redu...