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. 2021 Sep 11;107(2):e653–e662. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab671

Table 3.

Body composition according to the prevalence of severe diabetic eye disease

SDED (−) SDED (+) P-value
n (%) 293 (67) 144 (33)
Total body weight, kg 74.4 (64.5-86.8) 77.5 (67.1-85.8) 0.34
Total body fat mass, kg 23.3 (17.4-29.1) 26.1 (19.2-33.4) 0.02
Total body fat mass, % 31.1 (25.8-36.4) 34.1 (27.6-40.8) <0.01
Android fat mass, kg 1.79 (1.13-2.72) 2.24 (1.48-3.29) <0.01
Android fat mass, % 2.40 (1.70-3.30) 3.00 (2.00-3.90) <0.001
Visceral fat mass, kg 0.45 (0.18-1.02) 0.69 (0.40-1.50) <0.0001
Visceral fat mass, % 0.62 (0.26-1.23) 0.93 (0.55-1.73) <0.0001
Total body lean mass, kg 47.0 (41.4-56.5) 45.7 (42.0-54.3) 0.52
Total body lean mass, % 65.2 (60.3-70.3) 62.8 (55.8-68.5) 0.01
Appendicular lean mass, kg 20.8 (17.9-25.8) 20.0 (18.0-24.3) 0.24
Appendicular lean mass, % 28.9 (26.1-31.6) 26.8 (24.4-30.4) <0.001
Visceral fat/android fat mass ratio 0.29 (0.14-0.42) 0.36 (0.24-0.49) <0.0001
Visceral fat/appendicular lean mass ratio 0.02 (0.01-0.05) 0.04 (0.02-0.07) <0.0001
Android fat/appendicular lean mass ratio 0.08 (0.06-0.12) 0.11 (0.07-0.15) <0.0001

Data are presented as medians (interquartile range). Between-group comparisons were performed with Mann-Whitney test.

Abbreviation: SDED, severe diabetic eye disease.