Guide to the InBody result sheet

Find the value. Understand what it really means.

Clear and technically accurate explanations of muscle, fat, water, segments, phase angle and the other values on an InBody report.

You can search by name, abbreviation or the label printed on your result sheet.

Most searched:PBF SMM BMI ECW/TBW VFA WBPA BMR InBody Score

Not sure where to start?

Start with your goal

Choose what you are looking at. The guide will suggest two or three areas that make sense to read together.

Result areas

Or start where you see the value

Each area opens an overview of the connections. The small links below it take you straight to an individual concept.

Body composition

What is my body weight made of?

The four basic components the body is made of: water, protein, minerals and fat. Most other values on the result sheet are derived from them.

WT TBW SMM BFM

12 valuesOpen this area →

Muscle and fat

Is a weight change coming from muscle or fat?

The balance between muscle mass and fat, BMI, body fat percentage and the summary score. These values are related and should not be read in isolation.

PBF SMI InBody Score

7 valuesOpen this area →

Body water

How is water distributed inside and outside cells?

Total body water and how it splits between the inside and the outside of cells. Water is the component most affected by measurement conditions.

ECW/TBW TBW/WT TBW/FFM

5 valuesOpen this area →

Segmental analysis

Do muscle, fat or water differ between body regions?

How muscle, fat and water are distributed across arms, trunk and legs. Sides are always given from the perspective of the person measured.

Lean mass by segment Fat by segment

2 valuesOpen this area →

Phase angle

What does the electrical response of cells show, and why follow the trend?

An electrical property derived directly from the measurement. It is not a health grade but an indicator worth following over time.

WBPA Phase angle by segment

2 valuesOpen this area →

Visceral fat and metabolism

What is abdominal visceral fat, and how does it relate to energy expenditure?

Fat in the abdominal cavity, body circumferences and resting energy expenditure. These are the values most often confused with total body fat.

VFA BMR WHR

13 valuesOpen this area →

Weight control

How should I read suggested changes in muscle, fat and weight?

Suggested adjustments to weight, fat and muscle. These are calculated from reference values, not a personal plan.

TW Weight Control

2 valuesOpen this area →

Bioimpedance

What does the device measure directly, and what does it estimate?

The raw electrical data the device derives everything else from. An explanation of how the measurement works and where its limits are.

BIA

1 valueOpen this area →

Premium measurement

The other devices in a Premium measurement

InGrip, BPBIO750 and MaxPulse add functional strength, blood pressure and pulse, vascular screening and short-term cardiac regulation to body-composition analysis. Each device uses its own method and has its own guide.

Illustration of an InGrip dynamometer grip-strength measurement

Premium measurement · InBody InGrip

Grip strength (InGrip)

A detailed guide to InBody InGrip testing: attempts for both hands, best performance, asymmetry, HGS/WT, comparable trends and interpretation limits.

Explained values →Explore the device →

InBody BPBIO750 blood-pressure and pulse monitor

Premium measurement · BPBIO750

Blood pressure and pulse (BPBIO750)

A detailed BPBIO750 guide: how oscillometric measurement works, how to read systolic, diastolic, pulse, MAP, PP and RPP, and why one reading is not a diagnosis.

Explained values →Explore the device →

Illustration of optical pulse-wave sensing in a MaxPulse vascular analysis

Premium measurement · MaxPulse · APG

Vascular analysis (APG)

A detailed guide to the MaxPulse vascular section: what finger PPG/APG captures, how to read vessel level, AE and PE, and where screening stops.

Explained values →Explore the device →

Illustration of heart-rhythm variability in a MaxPulse analysis

Premium measurement · MaxPulse · HRV

Stress analysis (HRV)

A detailed guide to the MaxPulse HRV section: heart rate versus variability, summary indices, measurement conditions and safe limits of interpretation.

Explained values →Explore the device →

Context first

One number is not a verdict.

The guide teaches you to read the value, the reference context and the trend separately, and only then together.

What the number representsThe unit, how it is derived, and the difference between measurement, estimate and reference.

What to compare it withRelated values, the recommended range and a comparable previous measurement.

What to take awayA practical next step and the honest limits of interpretation.

Reading methodology

How to read change between measurements

When a difference between two results is a real change and when it is just noise: a checklist of comparable conditions, the inertia of each value and a sensible re-measurement interval.

Open the change guide

From paper to concept

Interactive result sheet

A reconstruction of the printed InBody 970S sheet with sample values. Click the box you have in front of you on paper to open the explanation of that value.

Open the result sheet

Commonly confused

Two values people mix up most often

The question "what is the actual difference between X and Y" gets its own page: a short answer, a side-by-side table and the situations where the two values part ways.

BMI vs. percent body fatBMI is a ratio of weight to height that says nothing about body composition, while percent body fat tells you how much of that weight is actually fat.

SMM vs. soft lean mass vs. fat free massThe result sheet shows three "muscle" numbers side by side — skeletal muscle, lean mass without bone minerals, and everything except fat — and each of them covers a different slice of the same body.

Visceral vs. subcutaneous fatPercent body fat tells you how much fat you carry in total, while visceral fat area and level describe the part of it stored in the abdominal cavity around your organs.

ECW/TBW ratio vs. total body waterTotal body water tells you how many litres of water you carry, while the ECW/TBW ratio describes how that water is split between the inside of your cells and the space around them.

Basal metabolic rate vs. recommended calorie intakeBasal metabolic rate is the energy your body uses at complete rest, while recommended calorie intake is an estimate of how much energy to take in over a day including ordinary activity.

Waist circumference vs. waist-hip ratio vs. waist-height ratioAll three indicators describe abdominal fat storage, but they differ in what they compare the waist against: nothing, the hips, or your height.

Target weight vs. "ideal" weight from BMITarget weight on the result sheet comes from balanced body composition, while "ideal" weight is nothing more than an ideal BMI converted to your height.

Index

Every explained value

The complete alphabetical list of terms this guide explains.

Explanations make the most sense alongside your own trend.

The public guide is open to everyone. The client portal adds your own value, history and the context of a specific measurement.

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