Table 2.
Descriptive analysis of study populations for hip and triceps sites
| Hip | Triceps | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameters | Sex | N | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD |
| Age (years) | W | 721 | 43.08 | 13.31 | 832 | 43.86 | 14.10 |
| Weight (kg) | W | 721 | 68.68 | 12.27 | 832 | 69.64 | 12.78 |
| Height (cm) | W | 721 | 164.69 | 5.44 | 832 | 164.07 | 5.78 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | W | 721 | 25.43 | 4.37 | 832 | 25.90 | 4.74 |
| sSAT (mm) | W | 721 | 9.11 | 3.30 | 832 | 7.03 | 1.80 |
| dSAT (mm) | W | 457 | 10.54 | 5.06 | 813 | 10.78 | 4.31 |
| tSAT (mm) | W | 721 | 15.79 | 7.74 | 832 | 17.57 | 5.44 |
| sSAT/dSAT | W | 457 | 1.03 | 0.50 | 813 | 0.73 | 0.36 |
| MT (mm) | W | 721 | 21.05 | 4.50 | 832 | 32.14 | 6.48 |
| EG (%) | W | 721 | 67.78 | 12.51 | 832 | 45.52 | 15.15 |
| MT/SAT | W | 721 | 1.80 | 1.19 | 832 | 2.07 | 0.77 |
| Chest | |||||||
| Parameters | Sex | N | Mean | SD | |||
| Age (years) | M | 890 | 35.34 | 12.31 | |||
| Weight (kg) | M | 890 | 80.14 | 12.20 | |||
| Height (cm) | M | 890 | 178.61 | 6.52 | |||
| BMI (kg/m2) | M | 890 | 25.09 | 3.42 | |||
| sSAT (mm) | M | 890 | 5.20 | 2.04 | |||
| dSAT (mm) | M | 316 | 7.44 | 5.08 | |||
| tSAT (mm) | M | 890 | 7.85 | 6.10 | |||
| sSAT/dSAT | M | 316 | 1.14 | 0.49 | |||
| MT (mm) | M | 890 | 27.52 | 7.34 | |||
| EG (%) | M | 890 | 57.27 | 13.91 | |||
| MT/SAT | M | 890 | 5.56 | 3.64 | |||
Data are expressed as mean and SD
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