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Body Composition Study in The Elderly: Comparison Between Tritium Dilution Method and Dual Photon Absorptiometry

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11

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1993

Year

Giuseppe Sergi, P. Perini, Mauro Bussolotto, F. Zurlo, L. Malvasi, Raffaele Carraro, Stefano Del Prato, Valter Giantin, Giuliano Enzi
Journal of Gerontology

Abstract

Both methods employed in our study have proved to be accurate in estimating FFM in elderly persons; particularly, the value of 0.732 assigned to FFM hydration to derive fat-free mass in adults can be employed also in body composition study of the elderly.