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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2020 Jan 7;65(11):3271–3279. doi: 10.1007/s10620-019-06032-4

Table 5:

Comparison of body composition parameters in patients with SBS from Crohn’s disease versus SBS from all other causes. A trend towards increased visceral adipose fat mass and visceral fat volume was found in Crohn’s disease patients with SBS compared to SBS from other etiologies.

Crohn’s disease (n=10) Non-Crohn’s disease (n=10) p-value
Mean SD Mean SD
BMI 24.57 1.88 26.43 7.55 0.467
Percent body fat 38.16 4.71 32.07 12.879 0.187
Fat free mass (grams) 43368.9 7298.13 46402.6 12610.8 0.521
Fat mass (grams) 25147.1 2714.66 21659.2 11483.59 0.372
Visceral adipose fat mass (grams) 1054.7 540.929 518.3 615.361 0.053
Visceral adipose fat volume (cm3) 1118 573.632 549.8 652.147 0.054
Total bone mineral density (g/cm2) 1.102 0.165 1.085 0.232 0.849
T-score −0.5 1.288 −0.3 1.915 0.788
Z-score −0.08 1.268 0.16 1.581 0.713