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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 Dec 2;22(3):852–862. doi: 10.1002/oby.20489

Table 1.

Characteristics of subjects

Measurement Method Group
Primary (n=85) Validation (n=37)
Mean ± SEMa Range Mean ± SEMa Range p valueb
Traditional Anthropometric
 Height (cm) 170.38 ± 0.96 148.59 – 189.23 170.04 ± 1.69 147.32 – 189.48 0.85
 Weight (kg) 80.86 ± 1.96 49.80 – 129.64 83.71 ± 2.89 47.36 – 128.05 0.42
 BMI (kg/m2) 27.81 ± 0.6 18.85 – 40.33 28.90 ± 0.85 18.20 – 40.07 0.31
 Waist circumference (cm) 91.92 ± 1.52 67.11 – 127.47 92.96 ± 2.27 65.40 – 115.00 0.71
 Hip circumference (cm) 106.78 ± 1.28 80.50 – 132.08 108.62 ± 1.78 86.00 – 134.00 0.42
 Sagittal diameter (cm) 23.64 ± 0.56 15.80 – 37.00 23.62 ± 0.73 15.40 – 33.00 0.99
Stereovision Body Imaging
 Stereovision waist (cm) 99.41 ± 1.78 75.00 – 133.08 101.05 ± 2.37 76.43 – 124.48 0.60
 Stereovision hip (cm) 107.79 ± 1.20 91.71 – 136.93 110.97 ± 1.83 86.89 – 134.33 0.15
 Stereovision thigh (cm) 64.60 ± 1.06 47.41 – 109.10 67.87 ± 1.97 55.18 – 122.95 0.11
 Central obesity depth (cm) 15.39 ± 0.41 8.91 – 22.79 16.05 ± 3.77 8.83 – 22.08 0.38
 Central obesity width (cm) 34.91 ± 0.58 21.25 – 46.41 35.97 ± 0.81 25.52 – 47.94 0.31
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
 Abdominal adiposity (cm2) 284.35 ± 16.49 64.23 – 652.63 267.56 ± 22.73 20.64 – 510.43 0.57
 Subcutaneous adiposity (cm2) 218.72 ± 14.05 13.70 – 514.84 201.98 ± 18.23 18.09 – 412.03 0.50
 Visceral adiposity (cm2) 65.63 ± 42.14 7.28 – 187.17 65.58 ± 7.00 2.55 – 188.91 0.99
a

Standard error of mean

b

Significant level by independent samples t-test