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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2014 Feb 12;190(2):672–682. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.02.001

Table 5.

Body composition biomarkers, pre- to completion of (end) bed rest analysis, N=5

DEXA measurements Pre- BR End- BR p-value
BMD, total 1 ± 0.1 1 ± 0.1 1.0
BMD, spine 1 ± 0.2 1 ± 0.2 0.48
BMD, ribs 1 ± 0.1 1 ± 0.1 0.64
BMD, pelvis 1 ± 0.3 1 ± 0.2 0.19
BMD, legs 2 ± 0.3 2 ± 0.2 0.65
Android (%fat distribution) 22 ± 6 22 ± 7 0.85
Gynoid (%fat distribution) 25 ± 8 26 ± 9 0.73
Android/Gynoid ratio 1 ± 0.2 1 ± 0.2 0.76