Official Position of the Brazilian Association of Bone Assessment and Metabolism (ABRASSO) on the evaluation of body composition by densitometry—part II (clinical aspects): interpretation, reporting, and special situations

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Maeda, Sergio Setsuo
  • Albergaria, Ben-Hur
  • Szejnfeld, Vera Lúcia
  • Lazaretti-Castro, Marise
  • Arantes, Henrique Pierotti
  • Ushida, Marcela
  • Domiciano, Diogo Souza
  • Pereira, Rosa Maria Rodrigues
  • Marin-Mio, Rosângela Villa
  • de Oliveira, Mônica Longo
  • de Mendonça, Laura Maria Carvalho
  • do Prado, Mirley
  • de Souza, Guilherme Cardenaz
  • Palchetti, Cecília Zanin
  • Sarni, Roseli Oselka Saccardo
  • Terreri, Maria Teresa
  • de Castro, Luiz Claudio Gonçalves
  • Artoni, Silvana Martinez Baraldi
  • Amoroso, Lizandra
  • Karcher, Débora Emy
  • Prado, Carla M.
  • Gonzalez, Maria Cristina
  • de Medeiros Pinheiro, Marcelo

• Objective
  To present an updated and evidence-based guideline for the use of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to assess body composition in clinical practice.

  Materials and methods
  This Official Position was developed by the Scientific Committee of the Brazilian Association of Bone Assessment and Metabolism (Associação Brasileira de Avaliação Óssea e Osteometabolismo, ABRASSO) and experts in the field who were invited to contribute to the preparation of this document. The authors searched current databases for relevant publications in the area of body composition assessment. In this second part of the Official Position, the authors discuss the interpretation and reporting of body composition parameters assessed by DXA and the use of DXA for body composition evaluation in special situations, including evaluation of children, persons with HIV, and animals.

  Conclusion
  This document offers recommendations for the use of DXA in body composition evaluation, including indications, interpretation, and applications, to serve as a guiding tool in clinical practice and research for health care professionals in Brazil.

• Date created

  2022-01-01

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Body composition
  • Absorptiometry
  • X-ray
  • Lean mass
  • Fat mass
  • Sarcopenia
  • Pediatrics
  • HIV

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-0e7q-0766

• License

  Attribution 4.0 International