Agreement Between Standard Body Composition Methods to Estimate Percentage of Body Fat in Young Male Athletes

To examine the intermethods agreement of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and foot-to-foot bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) to assess the percentage of body fat (%BF) in young male athletes using air-displacement plethysmography (ADP) as the reference method.Standard measurement protocols were carried out in 104 athletes (40 swimmers, 37 footballers, and 27 cyclists, aged 12-14 y).Age-adjusted %BF ADP and %BF BIA were significantly...