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The bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) international database: aims, scope, and call for data

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 77, pages 1143–1150 (2023)Cite this article

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Background

Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a technique widely used for estimating body composition and health-related parameters. The technology is relatively simple, quick, and non-invasive, and is currently used globally in diverse settings, including private clinicians’ offices, sports and health clubs, and hospitals, and across a spectrum of age, body weight, and disease states. BIA parameters can be used to estimate body composition (fat, fat-free mass, total-body water and its compartments). Moreover, raw measurements including resistance, reactance, phase angle, and impedance vector length can also be used to track health-related markers, including hydration and malnutrition, and disease-prognostic, athletic and general health status. Body composition shows profound variability in association with age, sex, race and ethnicity, geographic ancestry, lifestyle, and health status. To advance understanding of this variability, we propose to develop a large and diverse multi-country dataset of BIA raw measures and derived body components. The aim of this paper is to describe the ‘BIA International Database’ project and encourage researchers to join the consortium.

Methods

The Exercise and Health Laboratory of the Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon has agreed to host the database using an online portal. At present, the database contains 277,922 measures from individuals ranging from 11 months to 102 years, along with additional data on these participants.

Conclusion

The BIA International Database represents a key resource for research on body composition.

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Fig. 2: Data analysis.
Fig. 3: Graphical representation of the relationship between impedance index (cm2/ Ω) and FFM (assessed by DXA), stratified by age and sex.

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The data sets generated and/or analyzed during the current project are not publicly available due to the data confidentiality requirements of the ethics committee for each study but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request and approval from the ethics committee.

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Faculdade Motricidade Humana-Universidade de Lisboa kindly hosted the BIA database in the website for which we are thankful. Management group of the BIA International Database: AMS, LCW, ESC, AB-W, SBH, HL, LBS, JCW, EM.

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  1. Exercise and Health Laboratory, CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, 1499-002, Lisbon, Portugal

    Analiza M. Silva & Luís B. Sardinha

  2. Department of Biomedical Science, University of Padova, 35100, Padova, Italy

    Francesco Campa, Tatiana Moro & Antonio Paoli

  3. Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, Monserrato, 09042, Cagliari, Italy

    Silvia Stagi, Roberto Buffa & Elisabetta Marini

  4. Skeletal Muscle Assessment Laboratory, Physical Education Department, School of Technology and Science, São Paulo State University, Presidente Prudente, 19060-900, Brazil

    Luís A. Gobbo

  5. Department for Life Quality Studies, University of Bologna, 47921, Rimini, Italy

    Stefania Toselli

  6. Research Center of Kinanthropometry and Human Performance, Sports Center, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

    Diego Augusto Santos Silva

  7. Growth and Development Laboratory, Center for Investigation in Pediatrics (CIPED), School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, 13083-887, Brazil

    Ezequiel M. Gonçalves, Raquel D. Langer & Gil Guerra-Júnior

  8. Laboratory of Kinanthropometry and Human Performance, School of Physical Education and Sport of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, 05508-030, São Paulo, Brazil

    Dalmo R. L. Machado

  9. Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8574, Japan

    Emi Kondo, Hiroyuki Sagayama & Naomi Omi

  10. National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Osaka, 566-0002, Japan

    Yosuke Yamada & Tsukasa Yoshida

  11. Yokohama Sports Medical Center, Yokohama Sport Association, Kanagawa, 222-0036, Japan

    Wataru Fukuda

  12. Postgraduate Program in Nutrition and Food, Federal University of Pelotas, 96010-610 Pelotas, Brazil

    Maria Cristina Gonzalez

  13. Nutrition Department, Federal University of Pelotas, 96010-610, Pelotas, Brazil

    Silvana P. Orlandi

  14. Nutrition Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, 20550-013, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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  15. Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa

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  16. School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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  17. University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

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  27. Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, School of Agriculture, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

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  28. Department of Physical and Health Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Al-Salt, Jordan

    Adam Tawfiq Amawi

  29. Energy Balance & Body Composition Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology & Sport Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA

    Grant Tinsley

  30. Department of Expertise and Advocacy, Action contre la Faim, 93358, Montreuil, France

    Cécile Salpéteur

  31. Department of Medicine (DIMED), Geriatrics Division, University of Padova, Padova, 35128, Italy

    Chiara Ceolin & Giuseppe Sergi

  32. School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia

    Leigh C. Ward

  33. Research Unit for Dietary Studies, The Parker Institute, Frederiksberg and Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Berit L. Heitmann

  34. Department of Physical Education, Research Group in Physical Activity and Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

    Roberto Fernandes da Costa

  35. Faculty of Health and Sport Science FCSD, Department of Physiatry and Nursing, University of Zaragoza, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain

    German Vicente-Rodriguez

  36. Laboratory of Anthropology, Anthropometry and Ergonomics, Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, 10123, Torino, Italy

    Margherita Micheletti Cremasco & Alessia Moroni

  37. University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA

    John Shepherd

  38. United States Sports Academy, Daphne, AL, 36526, USA

    Jordan Moon

  39. Weight Management, Metabolism & Sports Nutrition Clinic, Metabolic Lab, Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

    Tzachi Knaan

  40. Department of Human Nutrition, Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Sciences, Christian-Albrechts University, 24105, Kiel, Germany

    Manfred J. Müller, Wiebke Braun & Anja Bosy-Westphal

  41. Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Virgen de la Victoria Hospital, Malaga University, 29010, Malaga, Spain

    José M. García‐Almeida

  42. CIDEFES, Universidade Lusófona, Lisboa, Portugal

    António L. Palmeira

  43. Laboratório de Nutrição, Faculdade de Medicina, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

    Inês Santos

  44. Research Unit for Dietary Studies at the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, The Capital Region, Frederiksberg, Denmark

    Sofus C. Larsen

  45. The Research Unit for General Practice and Section of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Sofus C. Larsen

  46. Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Metabolic Health, Center for Energy Metabolism and Reproduction, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China

    Xueying Zhang & John R. Speakman

  47. School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

    John R. Speakman

  48. Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Lindsay D. Plank

  49. School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Boyd A. Swinburn

  50. Center for Innovations in Health Africa (CIHA Uganda), Kampala, Uganda

    Jude Thaddeus Ssensamba

  51. Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

    Jude Thaddeus Ssensamba

  52. Faculty of Education, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

    Keisuke Shiose

  53. Metabolism, Nutrition, and Exercise Laboratory. Physical Education and Sport Center, State University of Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid, Km 380, 86057-970, Londrina-PR, Brazil

    Edilson S. Cyrino

  54. Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, 70808, USA

    Steven B. Heymsfield

  55. Department of Kinesiology and Public Health Education, Hyslop Sports Center, University of North Dakota Grand Forks, Grand Forks, ND, 58202, USA

    Henry Lukaski

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Silva, A.M., Campa, F., Stagi, S. et al. The bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) international database: aims, scope, and call for data. Eur J Clin Nutr 77, 1143–1150 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-023-01310-x

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