. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 27.

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 Dec 17;22(3):673–680. doi: 10.1002/oby.20209

Table 4.

Comparison of Cell size and Number in Top and Bottom Quintiles of % Body Fat in 160 Healthy Adults with BMI 25–58 kg/m2

Variable	Quintile 1	Quintile 5	Interquintile^b Difference (%)	p-value
FEMALES (N=100)	(n=20)	(n=20)
% Body Fat	38 ± 3	55 ± 8	+45	<0.001
Peak Diameter	113 ± 17	123 ±12	+8	0.02
Total Body Cell Number^a	8.6 E10 ± 6.4E10	1.5E11 ± 8.4E10	+74	0.003
% Small Cells	53 ± 9	53 ± 10	0	0.97
MALES (N=60)	(n=12)	(n=12)
% Body Fat	30 ± 2	45 ± 8	+50	<0.001
Peak Diameter	105 ± 16	113 ± 13	+7	0.13
Total Body Cell Number^a	9.2E10 ± 2.3E10	1.6E11 ± 3.4E10	+74	<0.001
% Small Cells	49 ± 16	54 ± 7	+10	0.41

Estimated for total body based on fat mass and weighted cell volume

Interquintile difference is % difference between body fat % quintiles 1 and 5