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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2000 Feb 9;283(6):763–770. doi: 10.1001/jama.283.6.763

Table 4.

Body Composition Analysis by Deuterium Oxide Dilution Method*

No Exercise
Exercise
Placebo Testosterone Placebo Testosterone
Fat-free mass, kg
 Baseline 60.1 (2.0) 62.9 (3.3) 57.9 (2.3) 55.7 (2.8)

 Week 16 59.6 (2.3) 66.9 (2.9) 59.9 (2.5) 57.3 (2.9)

 Change from baseline −0.4 (1.0) 2.9 (1.0) 2.0 (0.9) 1.6 (0.8)

P value .67 .05 .04 <.09

Fat mass, kg
 Baseline 16.6 (2.4) 14.2 (2.2) 15.1 (3.1) 13.3 (3.0)

 Week 16 16.5 (2.5) 14.2 (2.8) 15.7 (3.2) 12.4 (3.0)

 Change from baseline −0.1 (0.7) 0.2 (0.6) 0.6 (0.5) 0.9 (0.7)

P value .89 .81 .24 .19

Total body water, kg
 Baseline 43.8 (1.5) 45.9 (2.4) 42.3 (1.7) 40.7 (2.0)

 Week 16 43.5 (1.7) 48.9 (2.1) 43.7 (1.8) 41.9 (2.1)

 Change from baseline −0.3 (0.7) 2.1 (0.7) 1.5 (0.6) 1.2 (0.6)

P value .67 .05 .01 .07

Ratio of total body water by deuterium oxide dilution to fat-free mass by DEXA
 Baseline 0.78 (0.02) 0.77 (0.02) 0.77 (0.05) 0.79 (0.03)

 Week 16 0.77 (0.03) 0.78 (0.02) 0.75 (0.04) 0.78 (0.02)

 Change from baseline −0.02 (0.02) 0.01 (0.01) −0.01 (0.01) −0.02 (0.02)

P value .23 .71 .35 .35
*

The data on each day represent the mean (SEM) of all available values on that day. However, the change represents the difference between paired values only. DEXA indicates dual-energy x-ray absorbtiometry.