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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001 Nov;86(11):5269–5272. doi: 10.1210/jcem.86.11.8045

TABLE 2.

Bone mineral and body composition results in premature adrenarche and control subjects

Premature adrenarche Controls
BMC (g) 1104 ± 308 (763–1862) 950 ± 204 (671–1518)
BMD (g/cm2) 0.898 ± 0.097 (0.796–1.173) 0.849 ± 0.061 (0.751–1.017)
Total body potassium (mEq) 1118 ± 274 (655–1618) 1101 ± 192 (765–1522)
Total body water (liter) 17.0 ± 4.4 (11.6–26.6) 15.7 ± 3.0 (11.7–22.8)
Extracellular water (liter) 8.3 ± 2.4 (5.3–12.9) 7.2 ± 1.9 (5.4–11.8)
Nonbone fat-free mass by DXA (kg) 23.1 ± 5.6 (16.1–35.9) 20.8 ± 3.3 (14.0–28.9)

BMC, Bone mineral content; BMD, bone mineral density; DXA, dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. Values are the mean ± sd, with the range in parentheses.