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Lean Body Mass represents Health state

Semi-starvation

Cachexia

Fig.1
Atrophy

Fat Free Mass

significantly correlate with
the survival rate
Responsible factor to Inflammation/Met syndrome

Sarcopenia:
degenerative status of muscle

Cosquéric, G., et al (2006). Sarcopenia is predictive of nosocomial infe

ction in care of the elderly. British Journal of Nutrition, 96(5), 895-901.
Responsible factor to Inflammation/Met syndrome

Lim, S, et al. (2010). Sarcopenic obesity: prevalence and association with metabolic syndrome in the Korean Longitudi
nal Study on Health and Aging (KLoSHA). Diabetes Care, 33(7), 1652-1654.
The world is focusing on Lean Body Mass

World’s famous nutrition

congresses focusing on
Lean Body Mass
The world is focusing on Lean Body Mass

About 130 studies have

featured on renowned
nutritional journals
in Japan annually
Method of Body Composition Analysis

Underwater
Skinfold Thickness
Weighing

Gold
Standard
CT DEXA

Complicated, expensive, less reproducible

 Accuracy of

InBody vs. DEXA

(Lean Body Mass)

DEXA
 This InBody Validation study was conducted at Seoul Baek
Hospital, Seoul, Korea
 Experiment Group: n=200(M: 102/ F: 98)

R = 0.989
More validity studies
SEE = 1.75
conducted with renal failure
patients, athletes or obese
people are available as well
InBody
Muscle-Fat Graph Analysis with

Sarcopenia
With/without
Over weight

Exercised

Well Balanced
Analysis of Body Composition with

Body composition

Physical balance

Edema
Analysis of Water Distribution with

Deep vein thrombosis

Heart failure
Renal failure
Postpartum edema

help you to define and monitor these kind of edema

using ECW ratio
Analysis of Water Distribution with

Pre-dialysis
Normal Range

Post-dialysis

Normal Range
Survival rate increases when Edema is controlled

12

Number of patient
6

0
Cont CM EI

Death HF-related rehospitalization

Edema Index (EI) control

group:
Increase in survival rate,
Decrease of side effect of
heart failure.
Lean Body Mass diminish with aggressive operation

Most aggressive
surgery

Laparoscopy-assisted (LAG), distal (DG),

and total gastrectomy (TG), from before
surgery until 6 months after surgery.

InBody was an useful device to

assess body composition and
nutrition assessment tool for
postoperative patients.
Body Cell Mass as a Nutrition Parameter

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BCM%BW
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M.Con LC

Significantly low BCM with liver cirrhosis is

detected.

20

Score
15
10
5

MELD
0
35 60
BCM%BW

Significant negative correlation between

BCM and the MELD score in cirrhotic
patients aged 40-60 years