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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr. 2006 Mar;136(3):642–647. doi: 10.1093/jn/136.3.642

TABLE 2.

DXA body fat and lean mass characteristics of the study population at Exam 21

Asian (n = 40) White (n = 26) Mixed (n = 41) ANOVA P-value
Arm fat mass, kg 0.98 ± 0.49 1.17 ± 0.48 1.27 ± 0.89 0.16
Arm lean mass, kg 2.98 ± 0.47 3.36 ± 0.57 3.24 ± 0.75 0.04
Leg fat mass, kg 4.95 ± 1.82 6.15 ± 1.70 6.06 ± 3.21 0.07
Leg lean mass, kg 10.94 ± 1.57 11.52 ± 1.57 11.52 ± 2.12 0.27
Trunk fat mass, kg 6.03 ± 2.69 6.21 ± 2.10 7.32 ± 4.34 0.18
Trunk lean mass, kg 15.02 ± 2.01 15.51 ± 2.18 15.68 ± 2.68 0.42
Total body fat mass, kg 12.54 ± 5.01 14.11 ± 4.16 15.26 ± 8.55 0.17
Total body fat,2 % 27.27 ± 7.60 29.21 ± 6.03 29.53 ± 9.44 0.41
Total body lean mass, kg 32.72 ± 4.59 33.40 ± 4.33 33.55 ± 5.57 0.73
Peripheral fat mass,3 kg 5.94 ± 2.28 7.32 ± 2.13 7.33 ± 4.08 0.08
Peripheral lean mass,4 kg 13.91 ± 1.97 14.88 ± 2.08 14.76 ± 2.80 0.17
Trunk:peripheral fat ratio5 1.00 ± 0.15 0.84 ± 0.15 0.98 ± 0.15 0.0001
Trunk:peripheral lean ratio6 1.08 ± 0.07 1.04 ± 0.06 1.07 ± 0.08 0.12
1

Values are means ± SD.

2

Total percentage of body fat = [total body fat mass/(total body fat mass + total body lean mass)] × 100.

3

Peripheral fat mass = DXA arm fat mass + DXA leg fat mass.

4

Peripheral lean mass = DXA arm lean mass + DXA leg lean mass.

5

Trunk:peripheral fat ratio = DXA trunk fat mass/[DXA arm fat mass + DXA leg fat mass].

6

Trunk:peripheral lean ratio = DXA trunk lean mass/[DXA arm fat mass + DXA leg fat mass].