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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 244: E305-E310, 1983;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 244, Issue 3 305-E310, Copyright © 1983 by American Physiological Society

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Indexes of body cell mass: nitrogen versus potassium

S. H. Cohn, D. Vartsky, S. Yasumura, A. N. Vaswani and K. J. Ellis

In vivo neutron activation has provided investigators with a powerful tool for research on body composition. Total-body nitrogen (TBN), total-body potassium (TBK), and total-body water (TBW) were measured in 133 normal subjects. TBN, measured by neutron activation, is a measure of total-body protein, an index of body cell mass. TBK, also measured by a nuclear reaction, is an index of body cell mass as well as lean body mass. The mass and protein content of two compartments, muscle and nonmuscle lean tissue, were determined from the combined TBN-TBK data by compartmental analysis. In this study, nitrogen was separated into the actively metabolizing body cell mass component and the slowly metabolizing structural component. The TBK, which is 95% intracellular, was found to be more closely related to the actively metabolizing nitrogen than to TBN. The relationship of body cell mass, a concept originally proposed by Moore, to lean body mass, is shown through the relationship of TBN and TBK. The clinical significance of this study, is that TBK is the more sensitive and reliable indicator of changes in body cell mass. Maximum information on body composition, however, is obtained by the measurement of both TBK and TBN.


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