Assessment of adult malnutrition with bioelectrical impedance analysis: phase angle as a measure of malnutrition and detailed body composition in two different age groups of healthy Caucasians – A MaNuEL study

The two aims of this study were to evaluate (i) the prevalence of malnutrition based on age, sex and BMI specific PA and (ii) to determinate what specific body composition characteristics (skeletal muscle mass and adipose tissue) are related to a low PA