ASSESSMENT OF BODY COMPOSITIONS BY FOOT-TO-FOOT BIOELECTRIC IMPEDANCE AMONG CHILDREN WITH NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS

Year 2025, Volume: 26 Issue: 1, 47 - 51, 27.01.2025

Dilek Çavuşoğlu , Nimet Melis Bilen , Nihal Olgaç Dündar , Pınar Arıcan , Pınar Gençpınar , Ahu Pakdemirli , Dilek Orbatu

https://doi.org/10.18229/kocatepetip.1430371

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: In clinical practice, the use of foot-foot bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) in the assessment of body composition continues to increase. Its preference is primarily defined by its portability, simplicity, speed, and reliability. The present study aimed to evaluate body composition by BIA among children with neurological manifestations.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Anthropometric measurements and body composition of 406 children attending the pediatric neurology outpatient clinic were analyzed, and the gender and groups were compared based on the diagnosis.
RESULTS: Boys manifested lower values of weight, percentage body fat (%BF), fat percentile, fat mass, and Body mass index (BMI) but higher values of percentage total body water (%TBW) than girls [weight (p = 0.015), %BF (p<0.001), fat percentile (p = 0.001), fat mass (p<0.001), BMI (p = 0.006), and %TBW (p<0.001)]. Significant differences were determined among the groups except for weight standard deviation score (SDS) and height SDS (p<0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: Based on body composition evaluation by foot-to-foot BIA, We may suggest that each neurological subgroup within the pediatric population demonstrates a distinct body composition. Therefore, evaluation of body composition will contribute to obtaining information about nutritional/hydration status..

Keywords

Body composition, Foot-to-foot bioelectrical impedance, Children, Neurological manifestation

NÖROLOJİK BELİRTİLERİ OLAN ÇOCUKLARIN VÜCUT KOMPOZİSYONLARININ AYAKTAN AYAĞA BİYOELEKTRİK EMPEDANS İLE DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Abstract

AMAÇ: Klinik pratikte, vücut kompozisyonunun değerlendirilmesinde ayak-ayak biyoelektrik empedans analizinin (BIA) kullanımı artarak devam etmektedir. Taşınabilirliği, basitliği, hızı ve güvenilir olması tercih edilme nedenleri arasında sayılmaktadır. Bu çalışma nörolojik belirtileri olan çocukların BIA ile vücut kompozisyonunu değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır.
GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM: Pediatrik nöroloji polikliniğine başvuran 406 çocuğun antropometrik ölçümleri ve vücut kompozisyonları incelendi ve tanıya göre cinsiyet ve gruplar karşılaştırıldı.
BULGULAR: Erkek çocuklar, kızlara göre daha düşük ağırlık, vücut yağ yüzdesi (%BF), yağ persantili, yağ kütlesi ve vücut kitle indeksi (BMI) değerleri gösterdi ancak toplam vücut su yüzdesi (%TBW) daha yüksek değerler gösterdi [ağırlık (p=0,015), %BF (p<0,001), yağ persantili (p=0,001), yağ kütlesi (p<0,001), BMI (p=0,006) ve %TBW (p<0,001)]. Ağırlık standart sapma skoru (SDS) ve boy SDS dışında gruplar arasında anlamlı farklılıklar saptandı (p<0,001).
SONUÇ: Ayaktan ayağa BIA ile vücut kompozisyonu değerlendirmesine dayanarak, pediyatrik popülasyondaki her nörolojik alt grubun belirli vücut kompozisyonunu gösterdiğini öne sürebiliriz. Vücut kompozisyonunun değerlendirilmesi de beslenme/hidrasyon durumu hakkındaki bilgilere katkıda bulunacaktır.

Keywords

Vücut kompozisyonu, Ayaktan ayağa biyoelektrik empedans, Çocuklar, Nörolojik belirtiler

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