Programme
Monday 29th September
Body Composition I
Chairpersons: G.B. Forbes and L. Burkinshaw
08:45 ANNOUNCEMENTS
09:00 MODELS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROTEIN IN THE HUMAN BODY.
L. Burkinshaw. University of Leeds. U.K.
09:25 CLINICAL BODY COMPOSITION ASSESSMENT USING IN VIVO NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS (IVNAA).
A.H. Beddoe, University of Auckland. New Zealand
09:50 BODY COMPOSITION IN ACROMEGALY BEFORE AND AFTER THERAPY
R.J.M. Brummer. B.A. Bengstsson, B. Isaksson. Sahlgren's Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
10:05 ONE YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF WEIGHT, TOTAL BODY POTASSIUM (TBK) AND TOTAL BODY NITROGEN (TBN)
IN OBESE ADOLESCENTS TREATED WITH THE PROTEIN SPARING MODIFIED FAST (PSMF).
E.H. Archibald, V.A. Stallings, P.B. Pencharz. J.E. Harnson. L.E. Bell, University of Toronto and Research Institute. Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
10:20 COFFEE BREAK
10:40 EXPERIENCE IN THE USE OF BODY COMPOSITION STUDIES IN GASTROENTEROLOGY
LM. Blendis. J.E. Harrison, J.R. Mernagh, K.N. Jeejeebhoy, K.G. McNeiil, University of Toronto, Canada.
11:05 RAPID ESTIMATION OF LEAN BODY MASS BY MEASUREMENT OF TOTAL BODY ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY.
T. Van Itallie, K.R, Segal and M.U. Yang, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Mt. Sinai Hospital.
New York, NY.
11:30 THEORY AND VALIDATION OF THE TETRAPOLAR BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE METHOD TO ASSESS HUMAN BODY COMPOSITION.
H.C. Lukaski and W.W. Bolonchuk, Human Nutrition Research Center. Grand Forks, ND.
11:45 LEAN BODY MASS AND TOTAL BODY FAT BY DUAL-PHOTON (153Gd) ABSORPTIOMETRY.
C. Hassager. A. Gotfredsen. C. Christiansen. Glostrup Hosp., U. Copenhagen. Denmark.
12:00 INFANT BODY VOLUME MEASUREMENT BY ACOUSTIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY.
H P Sheng. T Dang. R. Schanler and C. Garza. Baylor College of Medicine. Houston. Texas.
13:00 POSTER SESSION, TOURS OF BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY. Berkner Hall
16:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
NEW CONCEPTS OF BODY COMPOSITION.
S.H. Cohn. Woodside. CA
18:00 COCKTAILS & BANQUET, Brookhaven Center
Tuesday 30th September
The Skeletal System
Chairpersons: J.E. Harrison and S.H. Cohn
08:45 ANNOUNCEMENTS
08:55 TOTAL BODY CALCIUM AND OTHER BONE MINERAL STUDIES IN EDINBURGH
P Tothill University of Edinburgh. U.K.
09:20 NON-INVASIVE TECHNIQUES FOR QUANTITATING BONE MASS FACT OR FANCY?
C H Chesnut III. University Hospital. U Washington. Seattle. WA.
09:45 OSTEOPOROSIS IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
J E Compston, WD Evans, E.O Crawley, D Judd, C Evans, J Rhodes. U Wales College of Medicine and University Hospital of Wales Cardiff. U K
10:00 BONE LOSS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
A Gotfredsen. OS Als. C Hassage, C Christiansen. University of Copenhagen. Glostrup Hospital. Denmark.
10:15 ACCURACY AND PRECISION IN THE IN VIVO DETERMINATION OF BONE MINERAL CONTENT USING THE
ATTENUATION OF A CONTINUOUS X-RAY SPECTRUM
R. .Jonson, B. Roos. T. Hansaon, and S. Mattsson, University of Gothenberg, Sweden
10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:50 BONE CHANGES OCCURRING SPONTANEOUSLY AND CAUSED BY OESTROGEN IN EARLY POSTMENOPAUSAL
WOMEN: A LOCAL OR GENERALISED PHENOMENON?
C Christiansen. A. Gotfredsen, B.J. Riis and C Hassager. University of Copenhagen. Glostrup Hospital, Denmark.
11:15 AN EVALUATION OF CENTRAL SKELETON NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS FOR THE ROUTINE DIAGNOSIS OF OSTEOPENIA
J.E. Harrison. KG McNeill, N Patt. C. Mueller, R. Chow and BMG, University of Toronto, Canada.
11:40 BONE MINERAL MEASUREMENTS AND THE PATHOGENESIS OF OSTEOPOROSIS.
J.F. Aloia, A.N. Vaswani, K.J. Ellis, S.H. Cohn. Winthrap University Hospital. Mineola. NY and Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY.
12:05 SEQUENTIAL AND POPULATION BMM STUDIES USING DUAL ENERGY (SPINE) AND SINGLE ENERGY (FEMUR AND FOREARM) PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY.
EGA Aird. Newcastle General Hospital. U.K.
12:20 ULTRASONIC STUDIES OF THE OS-CALCIS IN VIVO
SB Palmer and CM. Langton, University of Hull, U.K.
13:00 POSTER SESSION, TOURS OF BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY. Berkner Hall
Body Composition II
Chairpersons: A.G. Beddoe and A. Vaswani
15:30 USE OF A PULSED NEUTRON GENERATOR FOR IN- VIVO MEASUREMENT OF BODY CARBON
J. J. Kehayias, K.J. Ellis. S.H. Cohn and S. Yasumura. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton. NY.
15:55 LEAN BODY MASS AND FAT CONCORDANCE AND DISCORDANCE.
G.B. Forbes. University of Rochester Medical Center. Rochester. NY.
16:20 A STUDY OF THE SITES OF BODY FAT LOSS BY NMR IMAGING
M.F. Fuller. S.M. Stratton. PA. Fowler and M.A. Foster. Rowett Research Institute and University of Aberdeen. U.K.
16:35 NONINVASIVE BODY COMPOSITION IN HUMANS BY NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY.
J.M. Conway, Energy and Protein Nutrition Lab. ARS USDA. Beltsville. MD.
16:50 A CLINICAL FACILITY FOR MEASURING TOTAL BODY FAT
CB. Oxby. L Burkinshaw and B. Oldroyd. University of Leeds. U.K.
17:05 TISSUE LOSS DURING SEVERE WASTING IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS
T. Preston. I. Robertson. B.W. East. Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre East Kilbride. Glasgow. K.C H. Fearon and K.C. Caiman. University of Glasgow. UK
18:00 COCKTAILS & BANQUET, Brookhaven Center
CONCERT: Dorian Wind Quintet
Wednesday 1st October
Trace Minerals
Chairpersons: K. Jones and L. Wielopolski
08:45 ANNOUNCEMENTS
08:55 IN-VIVO MONITORING OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN MEDICINE AND RESEARCH.
D.R. Chettle. M.C Scott. University of Birmingham. UK . K.J. Ellis. Brookhaven National Laboratory. Uptou. NY. and W D Morgan. Swansea. U.K.
09:20 X-RAY FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUE FOR /.V-V7VO ANALYSIS OF "NATURAL" AND ADMINISTERED TRACE ELEMENTS.
S Mattsson. J -O Christoffersson. R. Jonson. University of Goeteborg. Sweden
09:45 IN-VIVO MEASUREMENTS OF PT AND PB IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CIS-PT CHEMOTHERAPY
WD Morgan. M. Jaib. C J Evans and S. Cobbold. A Sivyer. B N C Littlepage. J Dutton. Singleton Hospital and University College of Swansea: AM El-Sharkawi. Singleton Hospital. Swansea. Wales. U K.
10:00 X RAY FLUORESCENCE OF LEAD IN VIVO SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF A CORTICAL AND TRABECULAR BONE IN A PILOT STUDY.
LJ. Somervaiile. D R. Chettle. M.C. Scott. G Knshnan. C J Browne, AC Aufderheide. L.E Wittmere. and J E Wallgren. University of Birmingham. U K
10:15 A LINEAR MODEL DESCRIBING THE KINETICS OF LEAD IN OCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED WORKERS
J.O Christoffersson, L. Ahlgren and S. Mattsson, Lund University, Malmo. Sweden; A. Schuetz. S. Skerfving, University Hospital. Lund, Sweden.
10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:55 A LONGITUDINAL SURVEY OF EXPOSURE TO CADMIUM FUMES - PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM IN VIVO BODY BURDEN MEASUREMENTS
DM. Franklin, C.J.G. Guthne. M.C. Scott. DR. Chettle, H.J. Mason, N.J Smith and M. Blindt. University of Birmingham, U.K.
11:10 IN-VIVO F-19 MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY IN HUMANS.
M.S. Silver, M.Albright, Siemens Medical Systems, Iselin, NJ; W. Wolf, USC, Los Angeles, CA; R. Sauer, University of Erlangen, West Germany.
11:25 BODY LEAD BURDEN, II: ENVIRONMENTAL LEAD AND END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE.
R.P. Wedeen and V. Batuman, V.A. Medical Center, East Orange, NJ; K.W. Jones and G. Schidlovsky, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton. NY; M.E. DeBroe, F. Van de Vyver and W.G. Visser, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
11:40 BONE ALUMINUM MEASUREMENTS IN PATIENTS WITH END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE.
K.J. Ellis, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY and S.P. Kelleher, SUNY Stony Brook, NY
Water and Electrolytes
Chairpersons: P. Tothill and H.P. Sheng
13:00 THE QUALITY OF THE LEAN BODY MASS. METHODS OF MEASUREMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL
MEDICINE
R.N. Pierson, Jr., and J. Wang, Columbia University-St. Luke's Hospital, New York, NY.
13:25 MEASUREMENT OF TOTAL BODY WATER BY ISOTOPE DILUTION: A PRIMER FOR CALCULATIONS
DA. Schoeller and P.H. Jones, University of Chicago, IL.
13:50 HYDRATION OF FAT-FREE MASS IN PROTEIN-CALORIE MALNOURISHED INFANTS.
C.R. Fjeld, D.A. Schoeller. K.H. Brown, University of Chicago and Instituto de Investigacion Nutricional, Lima, Peru.
14:05 BODY COMPOSITION CHANGES IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT.
T. Fulop, Jr.. I. Worum. J. Csongor, L. Ujhelyi, G.Y. Kurta, G. Foris, University Medical School of Debrecen, Hungary.
14:20 DEUTERIUM AND OXYGEN-18 ISOTOPE DILUTION SPACES IN NORMAL ADULTS.
W. Wong. W. Cochran. L. Lee, W. Klish and P. Klein, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
14:35 BODY WATER. EXTRACELLULAR WATER, BODY POTASSIUM AND EXCHANGEABLE SODIUM IN BODY BUILDERS USING ANABOLIC STEROIDS
TJ. Wang, E.D.W. Colt and R.N. Pierson, Jr., Columbia University, New York. NY.
14:50 DIRECT MEASUREMENTS OF TOTAL BODY OXYGEN IN BODY COMPOSITION STUDIES.
B.W. East, T. Preston, I. Robertson. Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, East Kilbride; D.L. Davies and G. Herd, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
Posters
P 1. ANTHROPOMORPHIC MODELS FOR THE CALIBRATION OF EQUIPMENT FOR IN VIVO NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
D K. Bewley Hammersmith Hospital. London. England
P 2. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DENSITY AND BODY WEIGHT IN PREMATURELY BORN INFANTS RECEIVING DIFFERENT DIETS.
R.B Dell.Y Aksoy.S Kashyap. M Forsythe. R. Ramakrishnan.C Zucker. W.C Heird. Columbia University. NY. NY.
P 3. A NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF PHOSPHORUS IN SECTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY
D Glaros. J Xatzikonstantipou. J Leodiou and J Kalef-Ezra. University of loannina, Greece.
P 4. BODY COMPOSITION IN INFANTS BY DUAL PHOTON (153Gd) ABSORPTIOMETRY
A Gotfredsen. S Pedersen. C Hasaager. C. Christiansen. University of Copenhagen, Glostrup. Denmark
P 5. IN VIVO MEASUREMENTS OF NITROGEN USING A NEUTRON ACTIVATION TECHNIQUE
L. Larsson. M. Alpsten. J Tolli. N. Drugge and S Mattsson. Sahlgren Hospital. Gothenberg Sweden
P 6. MEASUREMENTS OF BODY PROTEIN FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
J.R Mernagh. J E Harrison. M.G McNeill. K.N Jeejeebhoy. S.S Krishnan. University of Toronto. Canada.
P 7. THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW INSTRUMENT FOR MULTI-ELEMENTAL IVNAA
S.J.S. Ryde. W.D. Morgan. A. Sivyer, C.J Evans. J Dutton. University College of Swansea. Swansea. Wales. U K
P 8. A NEW MULTI-ELEMENT ANALYSIS SYSTEM USING 252Cf CALIBRATION AND PERFORMANCE
S.J.S. Ryde. W.D. Morgan. C.J. Evans. J. Dutton. A. Sivyer. E. McNeil and S. Sandhu. Singleton Hospital and University College of Swansea. Swansea. Wales. U.K.
P 9. ANALYTICAL SIGNALS FROM CANCER PATIENTS FOLLOWING RADIATION TREATMENT
L. Wielopolski. Brookhaven National Laboratory. Upton. NY. A.G. Meek. L.E. Reinstein. University Hospital. Stony Brook NY.
P10. DETERMINATION OF BODY COMPOSITION IN ELDERLY SUBJECTS SUFFERING FROM DIABETES MELLITUS AND
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
I. Worum. T Fulop. Jr.. L Ujhelyi. J Csongor. University Medical School of Debrecen. Hungary
P11. BODY COMPOSITION CHANGES IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT
T Fulop. Jr.. I. Worum. T. Szabo. J Csongor. G Fons. A. Lsovey. University Medical School of Debrecen. Hungary
P12. AGE-RELATED VARIATIONS IN THE BODY COMPOSITION OF PATIENTS IN MAINTENANCE HEMODIALYSIS.
T. Fulop, I. Worum. J. Csongor. T. Szabo. University Medical School of Debrecen. Hungary
P13. BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS. HYPERTENSION AND RENIN ANGIOTENSIN-ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM (RAAS) IN HEMODIALYSED PATIENTS
I. Worum. T Fulop. J Congor and T Szabo. First Department of Medicine. Debrecen. Hungary.
P14. BODY COMPOSITION STUDIES IN AGING RATS.
S. Yasumura. SUNY Health Science Center. Brooklyn. NY. K.J. Ellis. A.F. LoMonte. R. Zhang. K. Yuen, and S.H. Cohn. Brookhaven National Laboratory. Upton. NY. GM Kiebzak. NIA, NIH. Baltimore. MD.
P15. IN-VIVO CALCIUM DETERMINATION OF SMALL SAMPLES USING 252Cf NEUTRON ACTIVATION FACILITY.
S.S. Krishnan, J. Song. M.T. Bayley. S.C. Lin. A.J.W Hitchman and .JE Harrison. University of Toronto. Canada.
P16. AN INSTRUMENT FOR IN-VIVO DETERMINATION OF BONE MINERAL CONCENTRATION BY COHERENT COMPTON SCATTERING.
U. Nilsson. L. Ahlgren and S Mattsson Malmo General Hospital and Sahlgren Hospital. Goteborg, Sweden.
P17. PRE-RECONSTRUCTION DUAL ENERGY X-RAY COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) THEORY IMPLEMENTATION, RESULTS AND CLINICAL USE
W.T. Oravez. Siemens Medical Systems Iselin. NJ
P18. IN VITRO COMPARISON OF DE-QCT PARAMETERS WITH THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CANCELLOUS BONE.
W.T. Oravez. Siemens Medical Systems. Iselin. NJ. D D Robertson. Brigham and Women's Hospital. Boston. MA.
P19. CYPROTERONE ACETATE. AN ALTERNATIVE GESTAGEN IN POSTMENOPAUSAL ESTROGEN GESTAGEN THERAPY.
B.J. Riis, J. Jensen and C. Christiansen. Glostrup Hospital. Glostrup. Denmark
P20. CALCIUM REQUIREMENT AND FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SKELETAL STATUS IN MAN
H Spencer. VA Hospital. Hines. IL.
P21. CARBONATED BEVERAGE CONSUMPTION AND BONE FRACTURES.
G. Wyshak, R.E. Frisch, N.L. Albright, T.E. Albright, I. Schiff, and J. Witschi, Harvard Center for Population Studies, Cambridge, MA.
P22. A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT OF BERYLLIUM BY PHOTONUCLEAR ACTIVATION.
P.A. Ali, J. Dutton, C.J. Evans, W.D. Morgan and A. Sivyer, University College of Swansea and Singleton Hospital. Wales, U.K.
P23. IN- VIVO MEASUREMENT OF ORGAN MERCURY BY PROMPT GAMMA ACTIVATION ANALYSIS USING A MOBILE NUCLEAR REACTOR.
P.-S. Chang, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China; C. Chung, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, Republic of China.
P24. THE IN VIVO MEASUREMENT OF SILICON IN THE LUNG AND OTHER BODY ELEMENTS USING FAST NEUTRON INELASTIC SCATTERING REACTIONS.
J. Dutton, C.J. Evans, A. Kacperek, University College of Swansea. Swansea, U.K.; A. Sivyer and W.D. Morgan, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, U.K.
P25. BODY LEAD BURDEN I: VALIDATION OF RAPID. NON-INVASIVE, IN-VIVO BONE LEAD DETERMINATION BY X-RAY FLUORESCENCE.
K.W. Jones and G. Schidlovsky, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; R.P. Wedeen and V. Batuman. VA Medical Center, East Orange, NJ.
P26. THE IN-VIVO ASSESSMENT OF INHALED IRON-BEARING LUNG CONTAMINANTS USING (i) FAST NEUTRON INELASTIC SCATTERING AND (ii) REMANENT MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS.
A. Kacperek, D. Rassi and C.J. Evans. University College of Swansea, Swansea, U.K.
P27. A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF EX-EMPLOYEES OF A Ni-Cd BATTERY COMPANY.
W.D. Morgan, S. Cobbold, S.J.S. Ryde, R.R. Ghose, P.A. Ali, J.L. Birks, S. Sandhu, I. Hainsworth, Singleton Hospital and University College of Swanssa. U.K.; R. Braithwaite, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, U.K.
P28. IN- VIVO MEASUREMENT OF Li. D.
Vartsky, Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne, Israel; A. LoMonte, K. J. Ellis, S. Yasumura and S.H. Cohn. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY.
P29. PARTICLE-INDUCED X-RAY EMISSION ANALYSIS OFTRACE ELEMENTS IN HUMAN BRAIN TUMORS.
C.-C. Wei. Tsing Hua University. Taiwan, Republic of China; S.Y. Chen, M. Castxo-Magana, Nassau County Medical Center,
East Meadow. NY; M.-J. Chou, Harvard University, Boston, MA; C.-H. Chien, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China
P30. ESTIMATION OF TOTAL BODY POTASSIUM IN THE PRESENCE OF INTERFERING RADIO-ISOTOPES.
G.I. Lykken. K.K. Speaker and A.K. MacKichian, University of North Dakota and USDA/ARS Human Nutrition Research Center. Grand Forks. ND.
P31. TOTAL BODY WATER MEASUREMENT BY ISOTOPIC WATER IN VERY YOUNG ANIMALS.
H.-P. Sheng, W. Wong, C. Garza and P. Klein, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
P32. COMPARISON OFTOTAL BODY WATER DETERMINATION IN LACTATING WOMEN BY ANTHROPOMETRY, WATER
DISPLACEMENT. AND DEUTERIUM ISOTOPE DILUTION.
W. Wong, N. Butte, L. Lee, C. Garza and P. Klein. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
P33. THE INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON THE METABOLISM AND THE TOTAL BODY CONTENT OF SODIUM AND
POTASSIUM IN THE RAT.
J.K. Yeh. S. Yasumura and J.F. Aloia. Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY and Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY.
P34. EXPERIENCE WITH BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE DETERMINATIONS IN YOUNG CHILDREN: SOURCES OF VARIABILITY.
C Barillas. C. Vettorazzi, S. Molina. O. Pineda, National Committee for the Blind and Deaf of Guatemala. Guatemala City. Guatemala.
P35. SEGMENTAL BIOELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASURES OF BODY COMPOSITION.
W.C. Chumlea, R.N. Baumgartner. A.F. Roche. Wright State University School of Medicine, Yellow Springs, OH.
P36. THE USE OF TOTAL BODY ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY (TOBEC) TO DETERMINE TOTAL BODY WATER.
W. Cochran. W. Wong, H.-P. Sheng, P. Klein, and W. Klish, Baylor College of Medicine. Houston, TX.
P37. AN EVALUATION OF TOTAL BODY ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY (TOBEC) MEASUREMENTS FOR THE DETERMINATION
OF BODY COMPOSITION IN THE HUMAN INFANT.
M. Fiorotto, W. Cochran, H.-P. Sheng, and W Klish. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. TX.
P38. VALIDATION OF THE TOTAL BODY ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY METHOD BY DIRECT CARCASS ANALYSIS OF SWINE.
N.L. Keim. S.J. Taylor. PL. Mayclin and D.L. Brown. ARS- USDA. San Francisco and University of California. Davis. CA.
P39. A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF IN VIV0 BODY COMPOSITION MEASUREMENTS USING A RESONANT AC CIRCUIT.
N.H. Saunders. D. Rassi. P. Chadwick. J. Dutton, University College of Swansea; A. Sivyer and W.D. Morgan. Singleton Hospital. Swansea, Wales. U.K.
P40. SOURCES OF VARIABILITY IN BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE DETERMINATIONS IN ADULTS.
R. Elsen, M.-L. Siu. O. Pineda, N. Solomons. National Committee for the Blind and Deaf of Guatemala, Guatemala City,
Guatemala.
P41. ACCURACY AND PRECISION OF BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE AND ANTHROPOMETRY TO ESTIMATE BODY
COMPOSITION.
T. Gonzalez-Cossio, E. Diaz, H. Delgado. INCAP. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
P42. BODY COMPOSITION DETERMINATIONS BY BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE IN OLYMPIC-CLASS ATHLETES AT THE THIRD
CENTRAL AMERICAN GAMES.
M.J. Guzman. R. Elsen, A. Padilla, N.W. Solomons, C. Whalen, M.-L. Siu, M. Mazariegos, S. Molina. L. Neufeld. A. Rosas. C. Barillas. D. Canales, C. Vettorazzi, F. Beltranena, O. Pineda, National Committee for the Blind and Deaf of Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
P43. EVALUATION THROUGH SEQUENTIAL DETERMINATION OF THE STABILITY OF BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE
MEASUREMENTS FOR BODY COMPOSITION ANALYSIS.
M.-L. Siu, R. Elsen, M. Mazariegos, N. Solomons, O. Pineda. National Committee for the Blind and Deaf of Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
P44. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEIGHT-FORHEIGHT INDEX AND BODY COMPOSITION IN CHILEAN ADULTS.
M. Vasquez, J. Pena, University of Chile; E. Diaz, Inscivute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, Guatemala City.