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. 2015 Feb 17;39(4):629–632. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.4

Table 1. Anthropometric data, adipose tissue compartment volumes and IHCL at baseline and follow-up by infant sex.

  Baseline
Follow-up
  Boys Girls Boys Girls
n 40 30 40 30
Age (days) 13 [7–20] 13 [5–18] 64 [54–70] 62 [56–71]
Weight (kg) 3.637 (0.489) 3.546 (0.518) 5.492 (0.687) 5.219 (0.533)
Weight SDSa −0.25 (0.94) −0.17 (0.78) −0.12 (0.99) 0.13 (0.55)
n 40 29 39 30
Total AT (l) 0.709 [0.608–0.932] 0.730 [0.626–0.906] 1.548 [1.278–1.801] 1.485 [1.345–1.817]
Superficial subcutaneous abdominal AT (l) 0.098 [0.075–0.122] 0.104 [0.087–0.0139] 0.257 [0.198–0.316] 0.258 [0.223–0.326]
Superficial subcutaneous non-abdominal AT (l) 0.512 [0.436–0.692] 0.515 [0.461–0.653] 1.124 [0.935–1.270] 1.085 [0.927–1.263]
Deep subcutaneous abdominal AT 0.015 [0.010–0.021] 0.017 [0.011–0.022] 0.037 [0.028–0.046] 0.044 [0.031–0.053]
Deep subcutaneous non-abdominal AT (l) 0.012 [0.010–0.022] 0.013 [0.010–0.016] 0.020 [0.016–0.023] 0.020 [0.015–0.024]
Internal abdominal AT (l) 0.017 [0.013–0.022] 0.017 [0.012–0.027] 0.030 [0.022–0.038] 0.030 [0.023–0.042]
Total internal AT (l) 0.071 [0.055–0.091] 0.069 [0.060–0.097] 0.118 [0.096–0.148] 0.130 [0.110–0.156]
IA/SCAa 0.16 [0.12–0.20] 0.14 [0.11–0.16] 0.10 [0.08–0.15] 0.10 [0.08–0.13]
IA/SCA0.6 0.067 (0.021) 0.062 (0.022) 0.069 (0.024) 0.067 (0.025)
n 31 23 31 23
IHCLb 0.656 [0.425–1.965] 1.142 [0.667–1.644] 1.818 [1.397–2.168] 2.123 [1.278–3.229]

Abbreviations: AT, adipose tissue; IA, internal abdominal; IHCL, intrahepatocellular lipid; SCA, subcutaneous abdominal.

Values are median and [interquartile range] or mean (s.d.) and units are as specified except

a

that has no units and

b

that is ratio CH2/water.