Predicted Versus Measured Thoracic Gas Volume on Body Fat Percentage in Male College Athletes

Introduction: Accurate body composition is important for a variety of reasons including health and fitness. The purposes this study were to compare predicted thoracic gas volumes (TGVp) measured (TGVm) percentage fat (%BF) from the Bod Pod using TGVp TGVm. Methods: Participants included 31 male college athletes (18-22 years) on basketball, soccer, tennis, baseball, or track teams. Each participant completed both TGV Pod. Results: TGVm was significantly higher (4.59 ± 0.88 L) than (4.11 ±0.45 L, p<0.001). %BF derived by (13.8% vs. 12.6%; Individually, differed within 2.0% BF 58% participants. Conclusions: results indicate that measuring recommended in athletes.