Table 3. Rate of change per year in body composition measures by sex^*.

	n	Mean ± SD (Range)			p-value1
Rate of Change in Original Units		Total	Men	Women
ΔBMI (kg/m2/year)	466	0.13 ± 0.36	0.15 ± 0.34	0.12 ± 0.37	0.520
		(-1.06, 1.53)	(-0.77, 1.53)	(-1.06, 1.43)
ΔVAT (kg/year)	468	0.10 ± 0.12	0.13 ± 0.15	0.07 ± 0.09	<0.001
		(-0.37, 0.52)	(-0.37, 0.52)	(-0.29, 0.48)
ΔSAT (kg/year)	464	0.07 ± 0.18	0.08 ± 0.18	0.06 ± 0.18	0.161
		(-0.70, 0.82)	(-0.70, 0.82)	(-0.68, 0.53)
ΔVSR (/year)	464	0.02 ± 0.02	0.02 ± 0.02	0.01 ± 0.01	<0.001
		(-0.04, 0.08)	(-0.04, 0.08)	(-0.04, 0.05)
Rate of Change as a Percent of Baseline
%ΔBMI (/year)	464	0.53 ± 1.31	0.57 ± 1.31	0.50 ± 1.32	0.538
		(-3.55, 5.31)	(-2.22, 5.31)	(-3.55, 5.13)
%ΔVAT (/year)	460	6.83 ± 8.50	7.15 ± 9.28	6.62 ± 7.96	0.526
		(-17.63, 38.99)	(-17.63, 38.17)	(-13.33, 38.99)
%ΔSAT (/year)	460	2.44 ± 5.17	3.04 ± 5.61	2.06 ± 4.83	0.056
		(-15.90, 21.57)	(-9.13, 21.57)	(-15.90, 21.50)
%ΔVSR (/year)	460	3.55 ± 3.90	3.15 ± 3.35	3.81 ± 4.21	0.064
		(-9.14, 16.46)	(-9.14, 11.92)	(-8.91, 16.43)

Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; VAT = visceral adipose tissue; SAT = subcutaneous adipose tissue; VSR = visceral to subcutaneous adipose tissue ratio

^*All body compositions changes were significantly greater than zero (p<.001)

¹p-value for sex difference from independent-sample t-test