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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Dec 27;92(3):895–901. doi: 10.1210/jc.2006-1393

TABLE 2.

Estimates of body composition changes with time from statistical models with body composition measures as the dependent variables and time as the linear or curvilinear independent variable(s)

Body Size/Composition
Measures		 Annual Change Relative
6-Year Change		 Absolute
Cumulative
6-Year Change
Weight (kg) 0.6% (~0.5 kg) 3.4% 2.9 kg
Height (cm) −0.064 cm* 0.24% −0.38 cm
BMI (kg/m2) 0.7% (~0.2 kg/m2) 4% 1.2 kg/m2
Waist (cm) 1% (~0.9 cm) 6.2% 5.7 cm
Fat mass (kg) 1.6% (~0.57 kg) 10.1% 3.4 kg
Skeletal muscle mass (kg) −0.18% (~0.04 kg) −1.06% −0.23 kg
*

Percent of annual change depends on time of visit