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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 9.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Clin Nutr. 2006 Apr;83(4):809–816. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/83.4.809

TABLE 4.

Body volumes of the mannequin measured 9 times (3 times/d) without clothing by the 3-dimensional photonic scanner (3DPS) and water displacement techniques1

3DPS Water displacement Difference2 P3
Volumes (L)
  Total body 23.87 ± 0.03 23.62 ± 0.03 −0.25 ± 0.04 0.0001
  Head (top) 1.88 ± 0.02 1.82 ± 0.01 −0.06 ± 0.02 0.0149
  Left arm 0.51 ± 0.00 0.53 ± 0.00 0.01 ± 0.00 0.0016
  Right arm 0.42 ± 0.00 0.40 ± 0.00 −0.02 ± 0.00 0.0001
  Left leg 2.33 ± 0.02 2.37 ± 0.01 0.04 ± 0.03 0.1256
  Right leg 2.08 ± 0.02 2.08 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 0.02 0.9564
1

All values are x¯ ± SEM.

2

The difference between water displacement and 3DPS measurements.

3

t test.