Sum of skinfolds measurement can be used in the estimation of total body fat in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis.

CONCLUSIONS: in terms of the estimates of the %BF, SSKD measurement displayed a better concordance with DEXA.
PMID: 33319581 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Nutricion Hospitalaria - December 4, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Melo DA, Furtado EVH, Guimarães ACAM, França AKTDC, Alves JJDA, Santos EMD, da Conceição da Silva T, Galvão da Silva JC, Nunes LCR, Carvalho SCR, Sousa LF, Nunes RF, Dias RSC, Santos AMD Tags: Nutr Hosp Source Type: research