<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Extensive bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) data have the potential of health monitoring and the assessment of health risks at the population level. The importance of BIA data lies in their availability and abundance for many countries. In Russia, mass BIA data are generated by the national network of health centers (HCs). Our aim was to describe the structure and capabilities of the updated HCs’ BIA database. Upon several requests between 2012 and 2020, 369 HCs representing all Federal districts of Russia and 60 out of 85 Federal subjects in them, submitted raw bioimpedance data which were obtained using the same type of BIA instrument, namely ABC-01 ‘Medas’ (SRC Medas, Russia). After application of strict selection criteria, 2,429,977 BIA measurement records were selected that formed the updated 2010-2019 HCs’ database. Various slices of the BIA data are described according to spatiotemporal, demographic and other characteristics. Reference curves of the bioimpedance phase angle according to age and sex are presented. Limitations and prospects for further work are outlined. We believe that, after appropriate sampling, the database can be utilized to study biological, geographical, social and other associations of the bioimpedance and body composition parameters, for generating updated national references, international comparisons and data standardization.</p></abstract>

Extensive bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) data have the potential of health monitoring and the assessment of health risks at the population level. The importance of BIA data lies in their availability and abundance for many countries. In Russia, mass BIA data are generated by the national network of health centers (HCs). Our aim was to describe the structure and capabilities of the updated HCs’ BIA database. Upon several requests between 2012 and 2020, 369 HCs representing all Federal districts of Russia and 60 out of 85 Federal subjects in them, submitted raw bioimpedance data which were obtained using the same type of BIA instrument, namely ABC-01 ‘Medas’ (SRC Medas, Russia). After application of strict selection criteria, 2,429,977 BIA measurement records were selected that formed the updated 2010-2019 HCs’ database. Various slices of the BIA data are described according to spatiotemporal, demographic and other characteristics. Reference curves of the bioimpedance phase angle according to age and sex are presented. Limitations and prospects for further work are outlined. We believe that, after appropriate sampling, the database can be utilized to study biological, geographical, social and other associations of the bioimpedance and body composition parameters, for generating updated national references, international comparisons and data standardization.

The Russian bioimpedance database: an update

Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance

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Extensive bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) data have the potential of health monitoring and the assessment of health risks at the population level. The...

The Russian bioimpedance database: an update

Published Online: Nov 23, 2022

Page range: 66 - 72

Received: May 18, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/joeb-2022-0010

Keywords
Bioimpedance data, large database, phase angle

© 2022 Sergey G. Rudnev, Olga A. Starunova, Elena Z. Godina, Alla E. Ivanova, Alexander V. Zubko and Vladimir I. Starodubov, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The Russian bioimpedance database: an update

Published Online: Nov 23, 2022

Page range: 66 - 72

Received: May 18, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/joeb-2022-0010

KeywordsBioimpedance data, large database, phase angle

© 2022 Sergey G. Rudnev, Olga A. Starunova, Elena Z. Godina, Alla E. Ivanova, Alexander V. Zubko and Vladimir I. Starodubov, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Bioimpedance data, large database, phase angle