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. 2009 Jun 30;94(9):3251–3258. doi: 10.1210/jc.2008-2406

Table 2.

Sex comparisons of fat parameters

Women Men P value
n 1413 1166
BMI (kg/m2) 29.9 (25.4–35.6) 28.2 (25.0–31.6) <0.0001
Total body mass (kg) 76.2 (64.9–91.3) 83.9 (74.1–96.4) <0.0001
Total fat (kg) 29.7 (23.1–39.0) 20.5 (15.1–26.7) <0.0001
Truncal fat (kg) 14.2 (10.3–19.1) 10.7 (7.6–14.2) <0.0001
Lower body fat (kg) 11.0 (8.5–14.3) 6.4 (4.6–8.5) <0.0001
Intraperitoneal fat (kg) 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 1.5 (1.0–2.0) <0.0001
sc fat (kg) 5.2 (3.6–7.5) 3.2 (2.4–4.4) <0.0001
Retroperitoneal fat (kg) 0.94 (0.7–1.2) 0.64 (0.5–0.8) <0.0001

Data are presented as median (25th–75th percentiles).