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. 2017 Apr 24;4(2):78–81. doi: 10.1049/htl.2016.0072

Table 1.

Measured dielectric values sorted by participant BMI

Subject type BMI, kg/m2 Relative permittivity, εr Conductivity, S/m Arm circumference, cm
woman 17.10 21.56 0.32 21.00
woman 18.10 25.36 0.41 22.00
woman 18.40 22.77 0.38 23.00
woman 20.60 23.32 0.35 24.20
man (LM) 21.70 34.39 0.51 25.50
woman 24.50 25.54 0.43 24.50
man (LM) 24.60 32.85 0.49 24.00
woman 25.00 31.12 0.48 25.00
woman 25.10 30.49 0.51 25.30
man (LM) 26.50 34.23 0.49 26.50
man (HM) 26.70 31.14 0.64 27.00
man (LM) 27.10 32.80 0.49 26.50
man (HM) 27.20 40.96 0.84 29.00
man (HM) 27.40 30.44 0.62 29.00
man (LM) 27.60 29.44 0.38 25.50
man (HM) 27.80 24.61 0.40 28.00
man (LM) 29.40 30.49 0.44 24.50
man (HM) 30.40 35.76 0.51 32.00
man (LM) 31.70 31.17 0.44 32.50
man (LM) 33.80 27.52 0.39 31.00

LM: low muscle-mass, HM: high muscle-mass.