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Table 1 Clinical characteristics and body composition (median, IQR)

From: Sex differences in body composition and association with cardiometabolic risk

Variable

Men (n = 94)

Women (n = 114)

p

Clinical characteristics

 Age (years)

34.5, 28.8–42.0

38.0, 29.8–43.3

0.2

 Height (cm)

177, 173–183

163, 158–168

< 0.0001

 Weight (kg)

105, 96–124

91, 78–101

< 0.0001

 Body mass index (kg/m2)

34, 31–39

34, 29–38

0.4

DXA parameters

 Total fat mass (kg)

34, 29–48

38, 31–47

0.4#

 Total fat mass (%)

33.4, 28.5–37.5

42.2, 38.3–45.9

< 0.0001*#

 Lower extremity fat (kg)

12, 10–16

14, 11–18

0.001*#

 Lower extremity fat/total fat

0.38, 0.35–0.42

0.33, 0.30–0.36

< 0.0001*#

 Appendicular lean mass (kg)

33, 29–37

23, 20–25

< 0.0001*#

 Appendicular lean mass/weight

0.30, 0.28–0.33

0.25, 0.23–0.27

< 0.0001*#

CT parameters

 Abdominal SAT (cm2)

386, 292–560

455, 325–567

0.07*#

 Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) (cm2)

149, 122–208

106, 69–139

< 0.0001*#

 VAT/SAT

0.36, 0.25–0.54

0.23, 0.17–0.33

< 0.0001*#

 Thigh SAT (cm2)

128, 94–148

171, 136–233

< 0.0001*#

 Thigh muscle (cm2)

198, 177–219

141, 124–153

< 0.0001*#

1H-MRS parameters

 Intrahepatic lipids (lipid/water)

0.06, 0.03–0.17

0.05, 0.02–0.13

0.1*#

 Soleus intramyocellular lipids (lipid/water)

0.04, 0.02–0.05

0.03, 0.02–0.04

0.0005*#

  1. Abbreviations: DXA dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, CT computed tomography, SAT subcutaneous adipose tissue, 1H-MRS proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy
  2. *Significant after controlling for age
  3. #Significant after controlling for BMI