Estimates of the sources of variation (variance components) of bioelectric impedance and anthropometric measurements in an epidemiological case-control study of breast cancer

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 764-770

  Hansen, S ^a   Cold, S ^a   Petersen, P H ^a   Rose, C ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Anthropometry; Body composition; Breast neoplasms; Electric impedance; Observer variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY FAT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; SKINFOLD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

EID: 0030712072     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600485     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Bland JM & Altman DG (1986): Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet 307-310.
2. Bliss CI (1967): Subsampling in relation to experimental design. Statistics in Biology, Vol I, pp 348-403. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company.
3. Bruning PF, Bonfrer JM, Hart AA, van Noord PA, van der Hoeven H, Collette HJ, Battermann JJ, de Jong Bakker M, Nooijen WJ & de Waard F (1992): Body measurements, estrogen availability and the risk of human breast cancer: a case-control study. Int. J. Cancer 51, 14-19.
4. Chu SY, Lee NC, Wingo PA, Senie RT, Greenberg RS & Peterson HB (1991): The relationship between body mass and breast cancer among women enrolled in the Cancer and Steroid Hormone Study. J. Clin. Epidemiol. 44, 1197-1206.
5. Deurenberg P, van der Kooij K, Evers P & Hulshof T (1990): Assessment of body composition by bioelectrical impedance in a population aged greater than 60 y. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 51, 3-6.
6. Deurenberg P, van der Kooy K, Leenen R, Weststrate JA & Seidell JC (1991a): Sex and age specific prediction formulas for estimating body composition from bioelectrical impedance: a cross-validation study. Int. J. Obes. 15, 17-25.
7. Deurenberg P, Weststrate JA & Seidell JC (1991b): Body mass index as a measure of body fatness: age-and sex-specific prediction formulas. Br. J. Nutr. 65, 105-114.
8. Durnin JV & Womersley J (1974): Body fat assessed from total body density and its estimation from skinfold thickness: measurements on 481 men and women aged from 16 to 72 years. Br. J. Nutr. 32, 77-97.
9. Garrow JS & Webster J (1985): Quetelet's index (W/H2) as a measure of fatness. Int. J. Obes. 9, 147-153.
10. Harris RE, Namboodiri KK & Wynder EL (1992): Breast cancer risk: effects of estrogen replacement therapy and body mass. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 84, 1575-1582.
11. Heitmann BL (1990a): Evaluation of body fat estimated from body mass index, skinfolds and impedance. A comparative study. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 44, 831-837.
12. Heitmann BL (1990b): Prediction of body water and fat in adult Danes from measurement of electrical impedance. A validation study. Int. J. Obes. 14, 789-802.
13. Hyltoft Petersen P, Stöckl D, Blaabjerg O, Pedersen B, Birkemose E, Thienpont L, Lassen JF & Kjeldsen J (1997): Graphical interpretation of analytical data from comparison of a field method with a reference method by use of difference plots. Clin. Chem. in press.
14. Khaled MA, McCutcheon MJ, Reddy S, Pearman PL, Hunter GR & Weinsier RL (1988): Electrical impedance in assessing human body composition: the BIA method. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 47, 789-792.
15. Kushner RF & Schoeller DA (1986): Estimation of total body water by bioelectrical impedance analysis. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 44, 411-424.
16. Kvist H, Chowdhury B, Grangard U, Tylen U & Sjostrom L (1988): Total and visceral adipose-tissue volumes derived from measurements with computed tomography in adult men and women: predictive equations. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 48, 1351-1361.
17. Lukaski HC, Johnson PE, Bolonchuk WW & Lykken GI (1985): Assessment of fat-free mass using bioelectrical impedance measurements of the human body. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 41, 810-817.
18. Lukaski HC, Bolonchuk WW, Hall CB & Siders WA (1986): Validation of tetrapolar bioelectrical impedance method to assess human body composition. J. Appl. Physiol. 60, 1327-1332.
19. Lund E, Adami HO, Bergstrom R & Meirik O (1990): Anthropometric measures and breast cancer in young women. Cancer Causes Control 1, 169-172.
20. Parazzini F, La Vecchia C, Negri E, Bruzzi P, Palli D & Boyle P (1990): Anthropometric variables and risk of breast cancer. Int. J. Cancer 45, 397-402.
21. Segal KR, Van Loan M, Fitzgerald PI, Hodgdon JA & Van Itallie TB (1988): Lean body mass estimation by bioelectrical impedance analysis: a four-site cross-validation study. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 47, 7-14.
22. Tornberg SA, Holm LE & Carstensen JM (1988): Breast cancer risk in relation to serum cholesterol, serum beta-lipoprotein, height, weight, and blood pressure. Acta Oncol. 27, 31-37.
23. Valdez RA (1991): A simple model-based index of abdominal adiposity. J. Clin. Epidemiol. 44, 955-956.
24. Valdez R, Seidell JC, Ahn YI & Weiss KM (1993): A new index of abdominal adiposity as an indicator of risk for cardiovascular disease. A cross-population study. Int. J. Obes. 17, 77-82.
25. Van Loan M & Mayclin P (1987): Bioelectrical impedance analysis: is it a reliable estimator of lean body mass and total body water. Hum. Biol. 59, 299-309.
26. Vatten LJ & Kvinnsland S (1992): Prospective study of height, body mass index and risk of breast cancer. Acta Oncol. 31, 195-200.
27. Victor OJ, Astrup A, Garby L & Heitmann BL (1989): Bioimpedance analysis in determining body composition. Testing of a new simple apparatus. Ugeskr. Lœger. 151, 1937-1939.
28. Ward LC, Bunce IH, Cornish BH, Mirolo BR, Thomas BJ, Jones LC (1992): Multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance augments the diagnosis and management of lymphoedema in post-mastectomy patients. Eur. J. Clin. Invest. 22, 751-754.
29. WHO (1987): Measuring obesity. Classification and description of anthropometric data. Report on a WHO consultation on the epidemiology of obesity. (EUR/ICP/NUT, 125).
30. Willett WC, Browne ML, Bain C, Lipnick RJ, Stampfer MJ, Rosner B, Colditz GA, Hennekens CH & Speizer FE (1985): Relative weight and risk of breast cancer among premenopausal women. Am. J. Epidemiol. 122, 731-740.