Accuracy of Anthropometric Equations for Estimating Body Fat in Professional Male Soccer Players Compared With DXA

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03883997

Enrollment

200

Registered

2019-03-21

Start date

2009-08-31

Completion date

2018-01-31

Last updated

2019-03-21

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Conditions

Body Composition

Keywords

Body fat, Soccer players, DXA

Brief summary

This study aimed to analyze the accuracy of different anthropometric equations to estimate body fat in professional male soccer players, setting DXA body fat as the reference.

Detailed description

The study consisted of evaluating anthropometric measurements and body composition with DXA in professional male soccer player aged 18 years and older. Standardized and certified personnel carried out anthropometric measurements and DXA whole body scan the same day. Body fat was estimated with several anthropometric equations. These equations were divided into two groups: 1) Derived from non-athletic samples; and 2) Derived from athletic samples. The body fat estimated from anthropometric equations was compared with DXA, and those with non-significant differences were further analyzed for calculating mean differences and 95% limits of agreement with DXA. This analysis was carried out for all equations.

Interventions

OTHERNo intervention

Cross-sectional

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

18 Years to 37 Years

Inclusion criteria

* Signed contract with the team

Exclusion criteria

* Injured

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Body fat by DXA	One day	Body fat obtained from a whole body DXA scan transformed from grams to percentage.

Countries

Mexico

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026