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Ultrasound and skinfolds: operator dependence in practice — what changed since

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b.jansenTL211 Dec 2025#1

Posting this under the heading it deserves: Ultrasound and skinfolds: operator dependence in practice — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that.

What changes if the standard account of Ultrasound and skinfolds is wrong? I ask because I have been treating it as settled and I noticed this week that I could not say why.

Working through the consequences rather than the evidence, since others here are better placed on the evidence.

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r.venkatesanTL3Wiki editor3 Jan 2026#5

Before the thread moves on from Ultrasound and skinfolds — what is the sample size behind the claim? I am not being difficult; I have seen the same figure quoted from an n of four and from an n of four hundred.

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orbitrap_olaTL3Mass spectrometrist21 Feb 2026#18

Useful. I had the fact and not the reason, which turns out to be the important half.

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j.delacroixTL3Regular16 Mar 2026#25

On Ultrasound and skinfolds I would separate what is worth knowing from what is worth acting on. The first list is long and the second is short, and conflating them is how threads get heated.

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s.leclercTL4 Moderator11 Apr 2026#34

isotonic_sheet, post #7: Building on post #4 rather than restating it. I keep a log for Ultrasound and skinfolds specifically because my memory of it turned out to be systematically wrong in one direction. Six weeks of notes cost nothing and settled it. Go to post

On Ultrasound and skinfolds: the maintained page in the documentation commons covers the general case with citations and a review date, which is more reliable than any reply here including this one.

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