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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 9.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Res. 2007 Apr;27(4):194–199. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2007.01.016

Table 1.

Characteristics of the subjects by weight history group1,2

Never-
overweight3 		Overweight3 Weight-reduced3 P
Group Ethnicity
Age (y) 30.9 ± 4.9a 33.7 ± 6.1b 34.9 ± 5.3b 0.002 0.663
Weight (kg) 62.3 ± 5.5a 78.2 ± 7.3b 65.2 ± 6.2a < 0.001 0.234
Body mass index
(kg/m2)		 23.5 ± 1.9a 29.1 ± 1.4b 23.8 ± 0.9a < 0.001 0.600
Total fat (%) 33.0 ± 5.3a 44.8 ± 4.0b 34.6 ± 4.6a < 0.001 0.088
Body fat (kg) 19.2 ± 4.1a 33.0 ± 4.5b 21.5 ± 4.2c < 0.001 0.078
Trunk lean mass
(kg)		 17.7 ± 1.8 a 18.8 ± 2.4b 18.8 ± 2.3b < 0.008 < 0.0014
Limb lean mass
(kg)		 17.8 ± 1.9a 18.7 ± 2.4b 18.6 ± 2.1a,b 0.031 <0.0015
Total lean mass
(kg)		 35.5 ± 3.4a 37.5 ± 4.3b 37.4 ± 3.8a,b 0.009 0.964
Resting energy
expenditure
(kcal)		 1239.1 ± 155.2a 1376.3 ± 161.7b 1309.5 ± 155.4a <0.001 <0.0014
1

Mean ± SD

2

Means in a row with different superscript letters are significantly different, P < 0.05.

3

Total group: n = 47 for never-overweight, n = 170 for overweight, n = 51 for weight-reduced

4

Caucasian mean value>African American mean value

5

African American mean value>Caucasian mean value