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. 2010 Nov 17;1(5):1432–1442. doi: 10.1364/BOE.1.001432

Table 1. Average estimated parameters and the corresponding average confidence intervals for fat layers and muscle as derived from fitting over I500→1000 (Fit 1) and I500→1600 (Fit 2).

  Fat layers (n = 143)   Muscle (n = 153)
Parameters Fit 1
1000 Fit 2
1600   Fit 1
1000 Fit 2
1600
a  (cm−1) 5.2 ± 1.7 6.3 ± 0.7   4.0 ± 1.0 4.6 ± 0.4
b 0.7 ± 0.3 0.8 ± 0.1   0.7 ± 0.3 0.6 ± 0.1
ρMR  (%) 98 ± 8 98 ± 6   93 ± 10 87 ± 6
R  (μm) 23 ± 9 15 ± 5   27 ± 8 19 ± 4
νBL  (%)(*) 1.0 ± 0.3 0.8 ± 0.1   2.4 ± 0.6 2.0 ± 0.2
αBL  (%) 21 ± 5 21 ± 7   27 ± 5 25 ± 5
νWL  (%)(*) 112 ± 30 95 ± 5   114 ± 42 89 ± 5
αWL  (%) 60 ± 5 68 ± 1   10 ± 13 18 ± 3

(*)Significant difference from 100% of the sum with p<0.05 for 67% of all the spectra when Fit 1 is applied and 28% of the spectra when Fit 2 is applied.