Talk:Lean body mass

Actual measurement of LBM

DEXA is still an estimation not a direct measurement. The only way to measure directly is cutting up a cadaver post mortem.

Lean body mass

The true practical clinical significance of lean body mass in modern practice. Dolichos6 (talk) 02:31, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Units

It is unclear from the current text that the equation results in a measure in Kg and not a percentage. ParticipantObserver (talk) 13:54, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Alternate LBM formulas

There are other formulas that tries to fix the inaccuracies of Boer and Hume.

• Obsolete James formula https://www.calculator.net/lean-body-mass-calculator.html
• Heitmann, Janmahasatian, and Deurenberg formulas https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3833312/
• Heymsfield1 et. al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2020.00031/full
• Yu et. al. http://doi.org/10.1186/2050-6511-14-53

Some, however, have created ethnically-specific formulas that are also worth noting.

• Li et. al. for Chinese https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1757954
• Chien et. al. for Taiwan https://apjcn.nhri.org.tw/server/APJCN/29/1/94.pdf
• Kulkarni et. al. for Indians https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00777.2013 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 183.179.53.41 (talk) 15:08, 28 June 2022 (UTC)