NCT03883997

Accuracy of Anthropometric Equations for Estimating Body Fat in Professional Male Soccer Players Compared With DXA

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 200 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Mexico · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 37 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

This study aimed to analyze the accuracy of different anthropometric equations to estimate body fat in professional male soccer players, setting DXA body fat as the reference.

Detailed description

The study consisted of evaluating anthropometric measurements and body composition with DXA in professional male soccer player aged 18 years and older. Standardized and certified personnel carried out anthropometric measurements and DXA whole body scan the same day. Body fat was estimated with several anthropometric equations. These equations were divided into two groups: 1) Derived from non-athletic samples; and 2) Derived from athletic samples. The body fat estimated from anthropometric equations was compared with DXA, and those with non-significant differences were further analyzed for calculating mean differences and 95% limits of agreement with DXA. This analysis was carried out for all equations.

Conditions

• Body Composition

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	No intervention	Cross-sectional

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-08-01
• Primary completion: 2017-12-01
• Completion: 2018-01-01
• First posted: 2019-03-21
• Last updated: 2019-03-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Mexico