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. 2013 Mar 6;8(3):e58533. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058533

Table 4. Bioelectrical characteristics of deciles of FM% and ECW/ICW ratio distributions.

Men Women
FM% R sp Xc sp FM% R sp Xc sp
Decile FM% Mean s.d Mean s.d Mean s.d Mean s.d Mean s.d Mean s.d
1st 16.2 1.8 316.4 29.5 41.1 6.5 26.9 2.4 361.4 28.6 39.9 5.1
2nd 20.4 0.9 342.7 33.9 45.0 7.1 31.9 0.9 399.3 32.5 44.9 5.9
3rd 23.0 0.6 367.3 29.1 48.5 6.7 34.4 0.6 424.7 32.4 47.1 6.9
4th 24.9 0.5 380.4 26.3 50.1 5.9 36.5 0.6 451.9 41.5 51.5 7.1
5th 26.3 0.3 399.6 32.0 54.0 6.3 38.3 0.5 468.2 45.3 52.4 7.7
6th 27.4 0.4 404.5 28.9 52.7 7.7 40.2 0.6 498.2 43.5 57.4 8.6
7th 28.8 0.3 425.4 32.1 55.7 6.8 41.8 0.4 525.4 52.9 59.8 9.1
8th 30.3 0.5 426.9 32.4 55.3 6.8 43.5 0.5 543.1 50.9 61.1 8.4
9th 32.5 0.7 458.7 38.4 59.0 7.3 45.6 0.6 583.9 57.3 66.2 8.3
10th 36.3 2.2 499.3 46.6 63.5 7.6 49.3 1.8 634.1 63.7 70.1 9.7
ECW/ICW R sp Xc sp ECW/ICW R sp Xc sp
Decile ECW/ICW Mean s.d Mean s.d Mean s.d Mean s.d Mean s.d Mean s.d
1st 0.6 0.03 398.2 52.9 60.0 7.8 0.7 0.03 493.7 93.3 64.8 12.2
2nd 0.6 0.01 395.5 64.5 56.8 9.2 0.7 0.01 494.6 95.9 61.4 11.7
3rd 0.6 0.01 412.3 54.7 57.4 7.7 0.7 0.01 517.7 105.3 62.5 12.8
4th 0.7 0.01 393.9 59.8 53.6 7.9 0.8 0.01 482.7 91.4 56.5 10.9
5th 0.7 0.01 391.7 60.4 51.8 8.0 0.8 0.01 501.9 95.9 57.1 10.9
6th 0.7 0.01 400.5 60.6 51.6 7.7 0.8 0.01 492.2 97.0 54.6 10.9
7th 0.7 0.00 419.2 69.2 52.4 8.8 0.8 0.01 493.4 87.0 53.2 9.4
8th 0.7 0.01 413.8 60.7 50.7 7.6 0.9 0.01 477.1 88.6 49.8 9.1
9th 0.8 0.01 411.6 66.1 48.7 8.0 0.9 0.01 482.7 85.1 49.0 9.0
10th 0.9 0.08 388.8 72.7 42.0 9.3 1.0 0.05 490.2 112.0 45.9 10.9

Legend: R: resistance; Xc: reactance; sp: specific; FM: fat mass; ECW: extracellular water; ICW: intracellular water.