Table 2.

Comparison of segmental body composition between premenopausal and postmenopausal women

	Premenopausal women	Postmenopausal women
Whole-body fat mass, mean (SD), kg	26.10 (10.70)	27.30 (9.76)*
Fat mass of arms, mean (SD), kg	2.80 (1.65)	2.86 (1.48)*
Fat mass of trunk, mean (SD), kg	13.10 (5.62)	13.80 (5.11)*
Fat mass of legs, mean (SD), kg	10.20 (3.71)	10.60 (3.45)*
BFP, mean (SD)	35.10 (7.28)	37.20 (6.65)*
Trunk-leg fat mass ratio, mean (SD)	1.27 (0.23)	1.29 (0.21)*
Whole-body fat-free mass, mean (SD), kg	45.60 (5.19)	44.10 (4.90)*
Fat-free mass of arms, mean (SD), kg	4.62 (0.68)	4.54 (0.64)*
Fat-free mass of trunk, mean (SD), kg	25.60 (2.68)	24.80 (2.54)*
Fat-free mass of legs, mean (SD), kg	15.40 (1.99)	14.70 (1.91)*
Trunk-leg fat-free mass ratio, mean (SD)	1.67 (0.09)	1.69 (0.11)*

SD, standard deviation; BFP, body fat percentage.

*p value <0.001.