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. 2019 Nov 27;9:17698. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-53557-9

Table 2.

Adiposity features in those with MHNW and MUHNW.

Women Men
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
%BF MHNW 438 (26.1%) 434 (25.9%) 412 (24.6%) 391 (23.3%) 317 (27.1%) 303 (25.9%) 285 (24.3%) 266 (22.7%)
MUHNW 37 (16.2%) 43 (18.8%) 62 (27.1%) 87 (38.0%) 21 (11.4%) 36 (19.6%) 53 (28.8%) 74 (40.2%)
AG ratio MHNW 469 (28.0%) 471 (28.1%) 399 (23.8%) 336 (20.1%) 322 (27.5%) 293 (25.0%) 289 (24.7%) 267 (22.8%)
MUHNW 8 (3.5%) 23 (10.0%) 42 (18.3%) 156 (68.1%) 11 (6.0%) 41 (22.3%) 50 (27.2%) 82 (44.6%)
VAT MHNW 470 (28.1%) 458 (27.3%) 433 (25.9%) 314 (18.7%) 328 (28.0%) 314 (26.8%) 294 (25.1%) 235 (20.1%)
MUHNW 6 (2.6%) 17 (7.4%) 42 (18.3%) 164 (71.6%) 9 (4.9%) 25 (13.6%) 46 (25.0%) 104 (56.5%)

MHNW, metabolically healthy normal weight; MUHNW, metabolically unhealthy normal weight; %BF, total body fat percentage; AG ratio, ratio of android to gynoid %fat; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.

Quartile points for %BF were 29.84, 33.10, and 36.10 in women and 19.18, 22.27, and 25.09 in men; for AG ratio, they were 0.86, 0.96, and 1.05 in women and 1.19, 1.32, and 1.47 in men, and for VAT mass, they were 250 g, 391 g, and 553 g in women and 513 g, 752 g, and 1005 g in men.

Data are presented as the number of participants (percentage).