Table 2.

Descriptive information about the study groups.

Study groups	Statistics		BMI		BF%		FMI		FFM		FFMI
			Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
Very low (<Percentile 5th)	Minimum		13.8	14.3	2.0	2.3	0.4	0.4	58.3	39.8	18.7	15.1
	Maximum		21.5	18.4	10.1	14.6	2.3	2.8	74.6	51.5	22.7	18.7
	Percentiles	25	20.0	17.4	6.2	10.6	1.4	2.0	62.4	42.7	19.7	15.9
		50	20.7	17.9	8.0	12.6	1.8	2.4	65.8	45.0	20.5	16.6
		75	21.2	18.2	9.2	13.8	2.1	2.6	69.4	47.6	21.4	17.4
Low (Percentile 5th-15th)	Minimum		21.5	18.4	10.2	14.7	2.3	2.8	23.2	20.3	7.7	7.5
	Maximum		23.1	19.6	14.5	18.4	3.4	3.7	54.0	37.1	17.6	14.3
	Percentiles	25	22.1	18.8	11.6	15.8	2.7	3.1	48.8	34.3	16.4	13.4
		50	22.5	19.1	12.7	16.8	3.0	3.3	51.5	35.6	17.0	13.9
		75	22.8	19.4	13.7	17.7	3.2	3.5	52.9	36.5	17.4	14.1
Middle (Percentile 15th-85th)	Minimum		23.1	19.6	14.6	18.5	3.4	3.7	54.0	37.1	17.6	14.3
	Maximum		30.1	27.1	28.1	34.4	8.3	9.1	58.3	39.8	18.7	15.1
	Percentiles	25	24.6	20.9	18.5	22.7	4.6	4.8	55.5	38.0	18.0	14.6
		50	26.0	22.3	21.5	26.2	5.6	5.8	56.6	38.7	18.3	14.8
		75	27.6	24.0	24.4	29.8	6.6	7.1	57.5	39.3	18.5	15.0
High (Percentile 85th-95th)	Minimum		30.1	27.1	28.2	34.5	8.3	9.1	74.6	51.5	22.7	18.7
	Maximum		33.5	31.9	32.4	38.3	10.4	12.0	80.8	57.1	24.3	20.6
	Percentiles	25	30.7	27.9	28.9	35.3	8.6	9.6	75.6	52.5	23.0	19.0
		50	31.4	28.8	29.8	36.2	9.1	10.2	77.0	53.5	23.3	19.4
		75	32.2	30.1	31.0	37.2	9.7	10.9	78.6	55.0	23.7	19.9
Very high (>Percentile 95th)	Minimum		33.5	31.9	32.5	38.4	10.4	12.0	80.8	57.1	24.3	20.6
	Maximum		64.6	63.6	62.7	65.9	35.3	28.8	133.9	109.1	40.5	46.1
	Percentiles	25	34.4	33.1	33.4	39.1	11.0	12.7	82.3	58.9	24.7	21.1
		50	35.8	34.8	34.8	40.0	12.0	13.6	84.4	61.0	25.3	21.9
		75	38.4	38.0	37.1	42.3	13.5	15.0	88.3	65.4	26.3	23.5

BMI indicates body mass index; BF%, percent body fat; FMI, fat mass index; FFM, fat-free mass; and FFMI, fat-free mass index.

The study groups were created using sex-specific percentile using the full study sample (N=60,335; 44,234 men and 16,101 women). Numbers in bold font can be used as cut-point values associated with higher cardiovascular disease mortality (See Figure 1 and 2).