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. 2025 Mar 5;44:64. doi: 10.1186/s41043-025-00795-5

Table 3.

Body composition by BMI stratification

Underweight Normal Overweight Obese P-value
Anthropometric and Body composition n = 276 n = 942 n = 353 n = 170
WHR 0.8 ± 0.0 0.9 ± 0.0 0.9 ± 0.1 0.8 ± 0.0 < 0.001
BFM (Kg) 11.8 ± 2.4 19.3 ± 4.0 29.5 ± 4.0 42.8 ± 7.5 < 0.001
FMI (Kg/m2) 4.7 ± 0.9 7.7 ± 1.5 11.7 ± 1.4 16.9 ± 2.8 < 0.001
PBF (%) 27.3 ± 4.5 35.5 ± 4.7 43.4 ± 4.1 49.3 ± 3.5 < 0.001
FFM (Kg) 31.3 ± 3.2 34.6 ± 3.7 38.5 ± 4.3 43.6 ± 5.2 < 0.001
FFMI (Kg/m2) 12.5 ± 0.8 13.8 ± 1.0 15.3 ± 1.1 17.2 ± 1.3 < 0.001
FFM/FM 2.8 ± 0.7 1.9 ± 0.4 1.3 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.2 < 0.001
SMM (kg) 16.3 ± 1.9 18.3 ± 2.2 20.6 ± 2.6 23.7 ± 3.1 < 0.001
VFL 4.9 ± 1.5 9.2 ± 2.7 15.0 ± 2.5 19.1 ± 1.4 < 0.001
TBW (L) 22.9 ± 2.3 25.3 ± 2.7 28.1 ± 3.1 31.9 ± 3.8 < 0.001
SMI (Kg/m2) 4.7 ± 0.5 5.3 ± 0.5 6.1 ± 0.5 6.9 ± 0.6 < 0.001
Sleep n = 106 n = 295 n = 128 n = 47
Sleeping hours 7.2 ± 2.3 7.3 ± 2.5 6.9 ± 2.2 7.0 ± 2.2 0.416
Quality of sleep 7.2 ± 3.5 7.4 ± 3.4 8.0 ± 3.4 7.3 ± 2.8 0.248
Physical activity
n = 273 n = 942 n = 353 n = 170
Frequency
 No exercise 121 (44.3) 341 (36.2) 115 (32.6) 63 (37.1) 0.141
 1–2 times /week 83 (30.4) 278 (29.5) 116 (32.9) 49 (28.8)
 3 times / week 36 (13.2) 155 (16.5) 62 (17.6) 30 (17.6)
 > 3 times / week 33 (12.1) 168 (17.8) 60 (17.0) 28 (16.5)
n = 131 n = 437 n = 172 n = 77
 Duration
 No exercise 59 (45.0) 142 (32.5) 52 (30.2) 25 (32.5) 0.021
 ≤ 30 min 57 (43.5) 190 (43.5) 81 (47.1) 31 (40.3)
 > 30 min 15 (11.5) 105 (24.0) 39 (22.7) 21 (27.3)

Data are presented as n (%) for physical activity, and as mean ± SD for the other parameters

WHR: Waist-to-Hip ratio, BFM: Body Fat Mass, FMI: Fat Mass Index, PBF: Percent of Body Fat, FFM: Free Fat Mass, FFMI: Free Fat Mass Index, SMM: Skeletal Muscle Mass, VFL: Visceral Fat Level, TBW: Total Body Water, SMI: Skeletal Muscle Index. One-Way ANOVA with Tukey test and Welch ANOVA with Games-Howell was applied for anthropometric, body composition and sleep. Chi-squared test was applied for physical activity