Validity of air-displacement plethysmography in the assessment of body composition changes in a 16-month weight loss program

Table 1 Subjects characteristic and body composition (n = 93).

Variable	Before weight-loss	After weight-loss	Δ (post-before weight-loss)
Age	38.9 ± 5.7
Height (cm)	159.8 ± 5.6
Weight (kg)	76.7 ± 9.9	73.17 ± 10.4	-3.6 ± 5.3**
BMI	30.0 ± 3.4	28.7 ± 4.0	-1.3 ± 2.1**
DXA
%fat	46.0 ± 5.2	42.1 ± 6.4**	-3.9 ± 4.4
FM (kg)	35.3 ± 7.7	30.9 ± 8.4**	-4.3 ± 5.4
FFM (kg)	40.8 ± 4.4	41.7 ± 4.3**	0.95 ± 1.4
ADP
%fat	42.0 ± 5.1^b	38.3 ± 6.2^a**	-3.7 ± 4.3
FM (kg)	32.5 ± 7.4^b	28.4 ± 8.0^a**	-4.1 ± 5.1^a
FFM (kg)	44.2 ± 4.6^b	44.7 ± 4.6^a*	0.52 ± 1.6^a

Data reported as mean ± standard deviation.
* Significantly different from baseline (p ≤ 0.05).
** Significantly different from baseline (p ≤ 0.001).
^a Significantly different from DXA (p ≤ 0.05).
^b Significantly different from DXA (p ≤ 0.001).

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