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. 2014 Jan 21;9(1):e86637. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086637

Table 1. Summary of study results.

Boys Girls Men Women
n 54 49 61 79
Age (years) 12.2±3.1 12.3±3.3 43.5±14.3 44.8±19.0
[6.0–18.0] [6.0–19.0] [20.0–72.0] [20.0–81.0]
Dermis (mm) Abdomen 1.89 (1.75–2.03) 1.83 (1.68–1.97) 2.10 (1.99–2.21) 1.99 (1.89–2.09)
[1.00–5.00] [1.00–3.40] [0.80–3.00] [0.90–3.60]
Thigh 1.60 (1.50–1.70) 1.57 (1.47–1.68) 1.89 (1.78–2.01) 1.65 (1.55–1.76)
[0.80–2.90] [0.10–3.00] [0.90–3.00] [0.09–3.20]
Subcutis (mm) Abdomen 9.13 (7.75–10.51) 13.06 (11.70–14.42) 17.88 (15.93–19.83) 21.26 (19.54–22.99)
[2.30–26.0] [2.80–41.0] [4.0–50.6] [3.00–58.0]
Thigh 7.68 (6.25–6.12) 13.39 (11.97–14.82) 9.84 (8.21–11.48) 17.68 (16.23–19.12)
[2.70–18.4] [4.00–35.8] [2.30–23.6] [6.20–60.4]

Age data are means ± standard deviations; all other data are means and 95% confidence intervals (in brackets), adjusted for other confounding factors in the multivariate models. Data ranges are provided in square brackets for each parameter.