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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2014 Dec 31;23(2):375–382. doi: 10.1002/oby.20961

Table 2.

Body composition and cardiometabolic variables above and below thresholds mean(±SD)

Males <23.4% (n=158) Males >=23.4% (n=241) Females <38.3% (n=133) Females>=38.3% (n=191)
Age (yrs) 30A(9) 35B(7) 34B(8) 35B(7)
Height (cm) 177.2A(8.2) 177.8A(7.6) 164B(8.4) 164.7B(6.2)
Weight (kg) 73.3A(12.2) 96.3B(17.8) 64.9C(11.1) 89.3D(18.2)
BMI (kg/m2) 23.3A(3.1) 30.4B(5.2) 24A(4.0) 33C(6.5)
Waist (cm) 82.9A(7.0) 105.9B(13.1) 81.9A(12.5) 104.0B(15.3)
Body Fat (%) 16.4A(5.4) 33.7B(5.3) 32.8B(5.6) 47.5C(4.7)
Total Fat mass (kg) 13.4A(4.8) 30.9B(11.2) 20.5C(5.8) 39.4D(12.6)
Total Lean mass (kg) 50.1A(14.2) 47.3B(16.0) 45.7B(14.6) 46.4B(14.4)
Android fat (kg) 0.8A(0.5) 3.1B(1.5) 1.4C(0.7) 3.5D(1.4)
Subcutaneous fat (kg) 0.6A(0.4) 1.8B(0.9) 1.1C(0.5) 2.6D(1.0)
Visceral fat (kg) 0.3A(0.2) 1.4B(0.8) 0.3A(0.3) 0.9C(0.6)
Gynoid fat (kg) 2.2A(0.9) 4.8B(1.7) 4.0C(1.1) 6.9D(2.2)
*SV ratio 3.6A(3.0,4.4) 1.8B(1.6,2.2) 7.2C(6.0,8.6) 3.6A(3.1,4.4)
*Triglycerides (mmol/L) 0.9A(0.8,1.2) 1.6B(1.4,2.1) 0.9A(0.6,1.0) 1.1C(0.8,1.2)
Total Cholesterol (mmol/L) 4.3A(0.8) 4.9B(0.9) 4.5A(0.8) 4.6A(0.8)
HDL-C (mmol/L) 1.3A(0.3) 1.1B(0.3) 1.5C(0.4) 1.3A(0.3)
LDL-C (mmol/L) 2.5A(0.7) 3.0B(0.7) 2.6A(0.7) 2.8C(0.7)
SBP (mmHg) 116A(13) 126B(17) 114A(13) 121C(18)
DBP (mmHg) 68A(10) 74B(10) 67A(11) 69A(11)
*Glucose (mmol/L) 5.4A(5.1,5.8) 5.8B(5.3,6.1) 5.2C(4.9,5.6) 5.5A(5.2,5.9)
*Insulin (pmol/L) 22A(18, 25) 50B(45,57) 25A(22,29) 47B(41,55)
Mlbm (mg/kglbm/min) 12.5A(4.5) 10.0B(4.1) 13.8C(4.7) 12.1D(4.9)
*

Indicates log transformed data presented as the geometric mean and 95% confidence interval If groups do not share a letter in the same row they are significantly different p<0.025

BMI = body mass index, SV= subcutaneous/visceral ratio, HDL-C = high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C = low density lipoprotein cholesterol, SBP = systolic blood pressure, DBP = diastolic blood pressure