Table 2.

Body composition and water turnover of rural and urban women in Narok County, Kenya

	Population mean (SD)n(28)	Rural mean (SD)n(10)	Urban mean (SD)n(18)
TBW (L)	29.3 ± 4.2	29.4 ± 3.5	29.2 ± 4.6
Water turnover (L/day)	3.2 ± 0.8	3.3 ± 1.2	3.1 ± 0.6
Fat mass (kg)	18.2 ± 7.4	19.5 ± 7.8	17.5 ± 7.3
Fat free mass (kg)	38.9 ± 5.6	39.0 ± 4.6	38.8 ± 6.2
Fat mass index (kg/m2)	7.0 ± 2.8	7.8 ± 3.1	6.6 ± 2.7
Fat free mass index (kg/m2)	15.1 ± 1.9	15.6 ± 1.6	14.9 ± 2.0

Abbreviations: SD – standard deviation TBW-total body water, L-litres.