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Table 1 Subject Characteristics.

From: Sexual dimorphism of adipose tissue distribution across the lifespan: a cross-sectional whole-body magnetic resonance imaging study

 

Adults †

Children †

 

Males

Females

P value

Males

Females

P value

Total Subjects

164

188

N/A

88

59

N/A

Caucasian

67

84

N/A

13

9

N/A

African American

38

53

N/A

33

28

N/A

Hispanic

27

24

N/A

29

19

N/A

Asian ‡

28

26

N/A

3

0

N/A

Age (yrs)

37.8 ± 14.8

(35.0, 27.0, 44.0)

44.0 ± 17.4

(41.0, 30.0, 56.0)

<0.001

11.7 ± 3.6

(11.0, 9.0, 15.0)

11.3 ± 3.4

(11.0, 8.0, 14.0)

0.635

Weight (kg)

80.2 ± 13.0

(79.5, 71.3, 88.3)

67.1 ± 14.9

(65.0, 54.7, 77.6)

< 0.001

50.9 ± 21.7

(50.0, 31.3, 65.1)

47.7 ± 18.5

(47.2, 33.1, 58.3)

0.504

BMI (kg/m 2 )

25.6 ± 3.7

(25.1, 22.5, 28.3)

25.5 ± 5.4

(24.7, 21.5, 28.9)

< 0.001

20.6 ± 4.6

(19.9, 16.9, 23.1)

20.9 ± 5.3

(20.3, 17.1, 23.1)

0.441

BMI percentile

N/A

N/A

N/A

61.9 ± 27.1

(71.2, 48.7, 92.8)

60.0 ± 28.4

(72.8, 46.5, 95.5)

0.827

TAT (L)

18.8 ± 8.1

(17.3, 12.4, 23.2)

25.2 ± 11.9

(21.9, 15.9, 32.2)

< 0.001

13.4 ± 9.5

(10.2, 6.8, 16.8)

17.7 ± 12.5

(14.0, 8.8, 22.6)

0.020

VAT (L)

2.1 ± 1.8

(1.5, 0.7, 3.0)

1.4 ± 1.2

(1.0, 0.6, 2.1)

< 0.001

0.6 ± 0.5

(0.4, 0.2, 0.8)

0.6 ± 0.5

(0.5, 0.3, 0.8)

0.762

SAT (L)

16.5 ± 6.9

(15.6, 11.3, 20.2)

23.7 ± 11.1

(20.8, 14.9, 30.5)

< 0.001

12.2 ± 8.5

(9.3, 6.2, 15.3)

16.4 ± 11.6

(13.0, 8.0, 21.1)

0.013

  1. Results are expressed as mean ± SD and (median, 25th and 75th percentile). †, Children are ages 5–17 years and adults ≥ 18 years. ‡, the Asian sample is a multi-generation mixture of Chinese, Indian, Korean, and Japanese. Abbreviations, N/A, not applicable; TAT, SAT, and VAT are total, subcutaneous, and visceral adipose tissue.
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