| Learned society / Issuing body | Title of the good clinical practice recommendation | Year of publication | Journal / Source of publication | Bioelectrical impedance analysis parameters mentioned | Diagnostic utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLIM (Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition) | GLIM consensus approach to diagnosis of malnutrition: a 5-year update 5 | 2025 | Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (JPEN) | ASMI FFMI | Malnutrition |
| Clinical Nutrition | |||||
| GLIM criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition: A consensus report from the global clinical nutrition community 3 | 2019 | Clinical Nutrition | ASMI FFMI | Malnutrition | |
| Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle | |||||
| Guidance for assessment of the muscle mass phenotypic criterion for the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition diagnosis of malnutrition 4 | 2022 | Clinical Nutrition | ASMI FFMI | Malnutrition | |
| Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (JPEN) | |||||
| International expert group on body composition | Methodological standards for body composition — an expert-endorsed guide for research and clinical applications: levels, models, and terminology 16 | 2025 | AJCN | Multiple parameters (body composition models and levels) | Body composition (methodological reference) |
| Methodological standards for body composition assessment — an expert-endorsed guide for research and clinical applications: bioimpedance, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, computerized tomography, and ultrasound methods 17 | 2026 | AJCN | Multiple parameters (validity of BIA and other methods) | Body composition (methodological reference) | |
| ESPEN (European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism) | Bioelectrical impedance analysis — part I: review of principles and methods 1 | 2004 | Clinical Nutrition | Multiple parameters | Body composition (methodological reference) |
| Bioelectrical impedance analysis — part II: utilization in clinical practice 2 | 2004 | Clinical Nutrition | Multiple parameters | Body composition (methodological reference) | |
| Diagnostic criteria for malnutrition – ESPEN Consensus Statement 6 | 2015 | Clinical Nutrition | FFMI | Malnutrition | |
| ESPEN guidelines on definitions and terminology of clinical nutrition 7 | 2017 | Clinical Nutrition | FFMI ASMI | Malnutrition Sarcopenia | |
| ESPEN guidelines on nutrition in cancer patients 8 | 2017 | Clinical Nutrition | ASMI | Malnutrition | |
| EWGSOP2 (European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People 2) | Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis 22 | 2019 | Age and Ageing (Oxford University Press, on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society) | ASMM ASMI | Sarcopenia |
| ESPEN and EASO | Definition and Diagnostic Criteria for Sarcopenic Obesity: ESPEN and EASO Consensus Statement 9 | 2022 | Clinical Nutrition | FM % SMM/W | Sarcopenic obesity |
| Obesity Facts | |||||
| ERS (European Respiratory Society) | Nutritional assessment and therapy in COPD – a European Respiratory Society statement 11 | 2014 | European Respiratory Journal | Multiple parameters | Malnutrition (COPD) |
| AND (Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) | Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: 2020 Cystic Fibrosis Evidence Analysis Center Evidence Based Nutrition Practice Guideline 12 | 2020 | Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics | Multiple parameters | Malnutrition (cystic fibrosis) |
| Practice Paper of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Nutrition Intervention and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 13 | 2018 | Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics | Multiple parameters | Malnutrition (HIV) | |
| ASPEN (American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition) | The Validity of Body Composition Assessment in Clinical Populations 10 | 2019 | JPEN | Multiple parameters | Body composition (methodological validity in clinical populations) |
| China | Clinical practice guidelines for nutritional assessment and monitoring of adult ICU patients 14 | 2024 | Journal of Intensive Medicine (Elsevier, on behalf of the Chinese Medical Association) | SMM | Intensive care (malnutrition in critical care) |
| South Korea | Use of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis for the Assessment of Nutritional Status in Critically Ill Patients 15 | 2015 | Clinical Nutrition Research (The Korean Society of Clinical Nutrition) | PhA ECW/TBW | Intensive care (malnutrition in critical care) |
| HAS-FFN (French National Authority for Health – French Federation of Nutrition) | Diagnosis of malnutrition in adults under 70 years of age – good practice recommendation 19 | 2019 | HAS | FFMI ASMI | Malnutrition |
| Diagnosis of malnutrition in people aged 70 and over 18 | 2021 | HAS | FFMI ASMI | Malnutrition | |
| Adult obesity: 2nd and 3rd level management 20 | 2022 | HAS | FM % SMM/W | Sarcopenic obesity | |
| SPLF (French-Language Society of Pulmonology) | Management of COPD – Good practice recommendation 21 | 2009 | Revue des Maladies Respiratoires | FFMI | Malnutrition (COPD) |
Note. FFMI = fat-free mass index; ASMI = appendicular skeletal muscle mass index; ASMM = appendicular skeletal muscle mass; SMM/W = skeletal muscle mass adjusted for body weight; FM % = fat mass percentage; PhA = phase angle; ECW/TBW = extracellular water to total body water ratio.
* This table is an informative synthesis of recommendations published by independent learned societies and scientific bodies (GLIM, ESPEN, EWGSOP2, HAS, ASPEN, etc.). Aminogram did not participate in the development, funding, or validation of these recommendations.
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