Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
1) Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow; 2) Institute of Numerical Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow; 3) MEDAS Ltd, Moscow; 4) Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 125009, Russia
Kolesnikov V.A., e-mail: kolesnikov.home@gmail.com; Rudnev Sergey G., Ph.D., Assoc, prof., ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5437-8429, e-mail: sergey.rudnev@gmail.com; Nikolaev D.V., e-mail: dvn@medass.ru; Anisimova A.V., e-mail: anna.anisimova@anthropos.msu.ru; Godina E.Z., D.Sc., prof., ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0692-420X, e-mail: egodina11@gmail.com
Along with traditional anthropometric methods, various schemes of somatotyping and body composition assessment are used for the individual and population characteristics of physical development. Of them, the bioimpedance analysis (BIA) is the most common due to non-invasiveness, portability, relative reliability and ease of use. In our previous work, we have established a possibility of using bioimpedance for the assessment of the Heath-Carter somatotype in children and adolescents. The advantages of bioimpedance somatotyping over anthropometry are widespread use of the same type of BIA analyzers, efficiency, and less stringent requirements for the measurer’s qualification. Our aim was to automate the Heath-Carter somatotype evaluation procedure within the bioimpedance study, to develop a somatotype evaluation protocol, and to clarify the formulae of somatotype assessment using bioimpedance in children and adolescents. The protocol of the Heath-Carter somatotyping is developed within the software ABC01-0362 of the ABC-01 ‘Medas’ bioimpedance meter (Medas Ltd, Moscow). For illustration of its potential use, the data of anthropometric measurements of ethnically Russian schoolchildren aged 7–18 years from Moscow, Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk region and Elista (N=3399) were used. New formulae are constructed for the evaluation of the endomorphy and mesomorphy components: Endomorphy = –2875/R50 + 0.625 × BMI – 0.042 × BM – 0.23 × Sex – 2.33 (R2=0.83, SEE=0.65); Mesomorphy = 1467/R50 + 0.552 × BMI – 0.096 × BM + 0.59 × Sex – 4.22 (R2=0.86, SEE=0.47), where R50 is the resistance (Ohm) at a frequency of 50 kHz, BMI is the body mass index (kg/m2), BM is the body mass (kg), and Sex is 1 (male) or 0 (female). These formulae are characterized by the increased accuracy for mesomorphy score. The protocol features enable for data grouping, 2D data visualization on the somatogram, the assessment of intragroup variability, frequency distribution of the somatotypes, and data export. Thus, automatic evaluation of the Heath-Carter somatotype in children and adolescents is realized within the standard procedure of bioimpedance measurements. The developed protocol significantly extends the potential of bioimpedance analysis to study physical development and morphological status on individual and population levels.
anthropology; Heath-Carter somatotype; bioimpedance assessment; children and adolescents; bioimpedance meter; software
Цит.: Kolesnikov V.A., Rudnev S.G., Nikolaev D.V., Anisimova A.V., Godina E.Z. On a new protocol of the Heath-Carter somatotype assessment using software for body composition bioimpedance analyzer // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2016; 4/2016; с. 4-13
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