TABLE 2.
Participant’s age and DXA-measured whole-body and regional percentage of fat mass.
| Whole sample (n = 29) |
AKA (n = 15) |
BKA (n = 14) |
Independent-sample t-test |
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| Variables | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | P |
| Age (years) | 35.86 | 9.11 | 35.22 | 12.91 | 37.08 | 13.48 | 0.440 | 0.664 |
| %FMDXA | 21.67 | 4.40 | 21.80 | 4.05 | 22.20 | 4.23 | 0.147 | 0.884 |
| Trunk%FM | 21.16 | 5.39 | 21.04 | 5.33 | 22.11 | 5.56 | 0.608 | 0.549 |
| Arms%FM | 19.42 | 4.51 | 19.16 | 4.82 | 20.28 | 5.03 | 0.417 | 0.680 |
| N-I leg%FM | 22.44 | 4.80 | 22.98 | 4.99 | 22.50 | 5.21 | –0.318 | 0.753 |
AKA, above-knee amputee athletes; BKA, below-knee amputee athletes; SD, standard deviation; %FMDXA, DXA-measured whole-body percentage of fat mass; %FM, percentage of fat mass; N-I, non-impaired.