Table 2. Anthropometric Features of Young Women With and Without Post-Breakfast Low Glycemia (Plasma Glucose ≤ 70 mg/dL).
| Post-breakfast low glycemia, mean ± SD |
P value |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Absent (n = 19) | Present (n = 16) | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 21.8 ± 2.5 | 21.9 ± 2.4 | 0.930 |
| FMI (kg/m2) | 10.1 ± 3.4 | 10.0 ± 2.3 | 0.896 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 74.1 ± 6.3 | 73.4 ± 6.4 | 0.739 |
| Arms fat mass (kg) | 1.2 ± 0.6 | 1.3 ± 0.7 | 0.550 |
| Legs fat mass (kg) | 5.9 ± 1.7 | 6.3 ± 2.5 | 0.592 |
| Trunk fat mass (kg) | 7.5 ± 3.1 | 7.1 ± 2.3 | 0.692 |
| Total fat mass (kg) | 15.1 ± 5.4 | 15.3 ± 5.2 | 0.937 |
| Arm FMI (kg/m2) | 0.45 ± 0.24 | 0.49 ± 0.25 | 0.630 |
| Legs FMI (kg/m2) | 2.25 ± 0.70 | 2.36 ± 0.88 | 0.666 |
| Trunk FMI (kg/m2) | 2.88 ± 1.24 | 2.70 ± 0.81 | 0.628 |
| Arms lean mass (kg) | 3.7 ± 0.6 | 3.9 ± 0.7 | 0.307 |
| Legs lean mass (kg) | 13.5 ± 2.4 | 13.6 ± 2.1 | 0.888 |
| Trunk lean mass (kg) | 18.7 ± 2.6 | 18.5 ± 2.6 | 0.805 |
| Total lean mass (kg) | 39.1 ± 5.7 | 39.2 ± 5.4 | 0.949 |
| Arms percentage fat (%) | 22.3 ± 9.5 | 22.8 ± 8.0 | 0.877 |
| Legs percentage fat (%) | 28.9 ± 7.1 | 29.4 ± 6.4 | 0.830 |
| Trunk percentage fat (%) | 27.2 ± 8.6 | 26.6 ± 6.0 | 0.818 |
| Total percentage fat (%) | 26.3 ± 7.5 | 26.3 ± 5.7 | 0.993 |
| Trunk/leg fat mass | 1.25 ± 0.25 | 1.18 ± 0.26 | 0.435 |
FMI: fat mass index.