Table 4.
Anthropometric characteristics and body composition patterns by BMI status and category of low LBM.
| Overweight and Obesity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N = 110 | Normal Weight N = 38 | Overweight and Obesity N = 72 | p-Value | Normal LBM N = 49 | Low LBM * N = 23 | p-Value | |
| BMI | 29.76 ± 7.28 | 22.31 ± 1.83 | 33.69 ± 5.85 | p < 0.0001 | 28.70 ± 2.45 | 35.88 ± 5.57 | p < 0.0001 |
| Waist to hip ratio | 0.92 ± 0.06 | 0.86 ± 0.03 | 0.95 ± 0.04 | p < 0.0001 | 0.92 ± 0.02 | 0.97 ± 0.03 | p < 0.0001 |
| Total fat mass | 26.44 ± 16.20 | 11.02 ± 3.40 | 34.58 ± 14.22 | p < 0.0001 | 21.28 ± 4.98 | 40.43 ± 12.97 | p < 0.0001 |
| % Body fat | 27.00 ± 10.68 | 16.03 ± 4.57 | 32.79 ± 8.11 | p < 0.0001 | 23.94 ± 4.30 | 36.68 ± 6.06 | p < 0.0001 |
| Fat free mass | 64.10 ± 11.75 | 56.83 ± 9.93 | 67.93 ± 10.83 | p < 0.0001 | 67.18 ± 8.02 | 68.26 ± 11.91 | p > 0.05 |
| % Fat-free mass | 72.54 ± 11.47 | 82.63 ± 10.07 | 67.21 ± 8.11 | p < 0.0001 | 76.05 ± 4.30 | 63.32 ± 6.07 | p < 0.0001 |
| Visceral fat mass | 9.77 ± 5.73 | 3.97 ± 1.65 | 12.83 ± 4.64 | p < 0.0001 | 8.23 ± 2.05 | 14.86 ± 3.96 | p < 0.0001 |
| Total body water | 47.19 ± 8.02 | 42.39 ± 5.69 | 49.72 ± 7.94 | p < 0.0001 | 49.15 ± 5.83 | 49.97 ± 8.75 | p > 0.05 |
| ALM/weight × 100% | 30.70 ± 4.98 | 36.09 ± 2.48 | 27.86 ± 3.34 | p < 0.0001 | 31.65 ± 1.66 | 26.19 ± 2.37 | p < 0.0001 |
| ALM/weight × 100% < 29.6 | p < 0.0001 | ||||||
| Normal LBM | 60 (54.5) | 38 (100) | 22 (30.6) | ||||
| Low LBM | 50 (45.5) | 0 (0.0) | 50 (69.4) | ||||
* Low LBM defined as ALM/weight × 100% < 29.6.