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. 2022 Jul 11;49(11):7108–7117. doi: 10.1002/mp.15821

TABLE 4.

The percentage error (%) in estimating the volumes of the five whole‐body tissues from a single computed tomography (CT) image at third lumbar (L3) in the positron emission tomography (PET)‐CT scans (n = 97)

Body mass index SAT VAT IMAT SM Bone
Underweight (BMI ≤ 18.5) 116.85 ± 124.17 644.43 ± 972.06 115.62 ± 151.19 9.22 ± 7.54 5.98 ± 8.28
Normal weight (BMI 18.5–24.9) 21.84 ± 18.53 74.95 ± 90.14 28.24 ± 26.26 7.29 ± 5.27 6.35 ± 6.39
Overweight (BMI 25.0–29.9) 12.55 ± 11.96 23.12 ± 18.18 18.59 ± 14.91 6.57 ± 5.09 7.37 ± 4.93
Obese (BMI ≥ 30.0) 18.50 ± 19.60 32.18 ± 47.08 25.30 ± 24.64 8.90 ± 9.05 6.40 ± 3.91

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; IMAT, intermuscular adipose tissue; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue; SM, skeletal muscle; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.