Correlative Study of Compositional and Bioelectric Parameters Using Multi-Frequency Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (MFBIA)

Assessment of human body composition is one of the important factors to identify physiological anomalies and health risks since several decades. Evidences related to the age associated alterations in the human body composition measured as bioelectrical impedance are highly sparse. The present study aims to evaluate the bioelectrical impedance and anthropometric changes in different ages (18–50 yrs) male candidates and to identify the correlation in bioelectrical impedance and measured variables, if any. Bioelectrical impedance was measured using multi-frequency body impedance analysis BIA (MFBIA) and the outcomes were recorded as the impedance, resistance, reactance, and phase angle on passing an alternating current (<1 mA) at multiple frequencies (5, 50, 100, and 200 K Hz) in succession. The present study outcomes demonstrated no statistically significant association between impedance recorded at multiple frequencies and anthropometric variables.