Table 1.
Clinical characteristics and abdominal fat body composition of study subjects (values are means ± SD and range)
| AN (n=19) | Normal weight (n=27) |
Overweight/obese (n=89) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 24.8±3.6*,** (19.0 to 33.0) |
30.1±6.9 (19.0 to 45.0) |
34.8±7.4* (19.0 to 45.0) |
| Weight (kg) | 49.7±5.1*,** (40.3 to 60.2) |
61.4±7.7 (45.8 to 76.8) |
90.7±14.8* (62.7 to 128.8) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 17.9±1.4*,** (15.6 to 20.3) |
22.0±2.0 (18.1 to 24.8) |
34.0±5.2* (25.1 to 47.5) |
| CT VAT (cm2) | 14.0±8.7** (2.7 to 36.3) |
31.8±17.3 (12.3 to 79.3) |
107.8±53.7* (16.9 to 247.6) |
| DXA VAT (cm2) | 20.9±11.2** (9.8 to 58.5) |
43.4±19.0 (18.6 to 88.6) |
128.2±47.4* (39.8 to 250.5) |
| CT SAT (cm2) | 76.9±37.6*,** (44.2 to 193.8) |
189.7±86.5 (72.5 to 474.6) |
447.3±135.6* (199.4 to 790.3) |
| DXA SAT (cm2) | 136.3±32.5*,** (102.3 to 231.3) |
265.7±83.4 (149.2 to 519.0) |
523.4±126.0* (276.2 to 828.6) |
| CT TAT (cm2) | 90.9±43.7*,** (47.1 to 230.1) |
221.5±94.3 (97.3 to 507.0) |
555.1±169.4* (240.5 to 980.0) |
| DXA TAT (cm2) | 157.2±41.8*,** (113.0 to 289.8) |
309.1±96.2 (176.3 to 585.2) |
651.6±157.4* (321.6 to 980.9) |
*
p<0.05, compared to normal weight group (BMI ≥ 19 and < 25 kg/m2)
**
p<0.05, compared to obese group (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2)
p-values are adjusted for multiple comparisons using the Tukey-Kramer test
AN: anorexia nervosa
VAT: visceral adipose tissue
SAT: subcutaneous adipose tissue
TAT: total adipose tissue