Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Yohannes Markos

Publications

• Research Article
  Validity of Prediction of Thoracic Gas Volume and Body Composition Using Air Displacement Plethysmography in People Living with HIV in Southwest Ethiopia
  Author(s): Yohannes Markos, TeshomeGobena and MuluegtaShegazeYohannes Markos, TeshomeGobena and MuluegtaShegaze
  
  Background: Body composition assessment has become increasingly popular in clinical and research areas. But any body composition measurement technique that is used in both clinical and research settings should be reliable and valid. Objectives: Our first aim was to compare predicted thoracic gas volume (Vtgpred) with measured thoracic gas volume (Vtgmeas) using the BOD POD in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Southwest Ethiopia. The second aim was to determine the effect of thoracic gas volume (Vtg) measurement ways on estimation of body fat (BF) using the BOD POD in PLWHA in Southwest Ethiopia. Method: Cross-sectional study was conducted on 68 PLWHA who had follow up at Jimma University Specialized Hospital (JUSH). Subjects were collected using convenience sampling technique. Agreement between the methods was tested using paired t-test, Pearson’s correlation, linear regres.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000411

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