Table 1.

Descriptive analysis of study populations for abdominal and thigh sites

		Abdomen				Thigh
Parameters	Sex	N	Mean	SD	p	N	Mean	SD	p
Age (years)	W	513	39.27	14.85	< 0.001	1085	40.22	14.23	< 0.001
	M	1117	34.55	12.82		1112	31.13	12.83
Weight (kg)	W	513	68.58	13.40	< 0.001	1085	68.15	12.58	< 0.001
	M	1117	82.03	14.26		1112	81.87	14.01
Height (cm)	W	513	164.43	6.61	< 0.001	1085	164.68	5.94	< 0.001
	M	1117	178.80	7.31		1112	179.06	7.18
BMI (kg/m2)	W	513	25.42	5.08	0.385	1085	25.16	4.66	0.066
	M	1117	25.63	4.06		1112	25.50	3.97
sSAT (mm)	W	513	9.86	4.36	< 0.001	1085	6.91	1.82	< 0.001
	M	1117	7.74	2.97		1112	4.75	1.36
dSAT (mm)	W	465	16.88	10.12	< 0.001	1077	11.20	6.24	< 0.001
	M	939	13.54	10.19		701	5.26	2.97
tSAT (mm)	W	513	25.16	13.48	< 0.001	1085	18.03	7.42	< 0.001
	M	1117	19.12	12.67		1112	8.09	4.10
sSAT/dSAT	W	465	0.78	0.45	0.008	1077	0.71	0.32	< 0.001
	M	939	0.85	0.46		701	1.04	0.49
MT (mm)	W	513	13.91	3.21	< 0.001	1085	32.51	8.43	< 0.001
	M	1117	17.12	3.39		1112	38.88	9.03
EG (%)	W	513	62.91	12.63	< 0.001	1085	48.99	17.18	< 0.001
	M	1117	58.12	12.42		1112	44.49	15.29
MT/SAT	W	513	0.89	0.81	< 0.001	1085	2.23	1.17	< 0.001
	M	1117	1.51	1.19		1112	6.24	3.17

Data are expressed as mean and SD. Difference between groups were analysed by paired Student’s t test. A p value in bold type denotes a significant difference (p < 0.05)

Abbreviations: body mass index, BMI; superficial subcutaneous adipose tissue, sSAT; deep subcutaneous adipose tissue, dSAT; total subcutaneous adipose tissue, tSAT; muscle thickness, MT; echogenicity, EG; standard deviation, SD