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Published in final edited form as: Int J Pediatr Obes. 2010 Jun 7;6(2):149–156. doi: 10.3109/17477166.2010.486833

Table III.

The percentage difference between actual (V_true) and estimated volumes (V_interval) with different between-slice intervals (mean ± standard deviation).

	Percentage difference between the estimated volume and the actual volume
	2 cm interval	3 cm interval	4 cm interval	5 cm interval
Skeletal muscle	0.30% ±0.43%^*	0.41%±0.35%^*	0.59% ±0.63%^*	1.04% ±0.77%^*
Subcutaneous adipose tissue	0.26% ±0.23%^*	0.53% ±0.45%^*	0.59% ±0.49%^*	0.85% ±0.86%^*
Visceral adipose tissue	3.14% ±2.99%^*	5.23%±6.01%^*	8.14%±8.15%^*	9.70% ±8.58%^*
Intermuscular adipose tissue	3.06% ±2.41%^*	4.75%±4.48%^*	6.93% ±7.30%^*	9.55% ±8.77%^*
Residual	0.38% ±0.28%^*	0.68% ±0.45%^*	0.81%±0.57%^*	1.45% ±0.93%^*

Significantly different from the Contiguous scan group (i.e. 0% difference) at P<0.05.