Hill G L, Bradley J A, Collins J P, McCarthy I, Oxby C B, Burkinshaw L
Br J Nutr. 1978 Mar;39(2):403-5. doi: 10.1079/bjn19780051.
Fat-free body mass is an important component of body composition which is of particular interest to nutritionists and related workers. Fat-free mass has been determined from the simple measurement of skinfold thickness and it has been demonstrated that there is a close correlation with total body nitrogen even though the test subjects had a wide range of nutritional status.