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Table 2 Body composition measurements of patients with schizophrenia and controls

From: Visceral obesity in normal-weight patients suffering from chronic schizophrenia

 

Males

Females

Schizophrenia N = 33

Controls N = 23

P value

Schizophrenia N = 19

Controls N = 21

P value

Fat free mass (kg)

57.2 (54, 59.9)

62.5 (54.8, 66)

0.010

43.4 (41.8, 45.6)

44.7 (42.6, 46.1)

0.229

Fat free mass (%)

81.2 (78.8, 85)

83.9 (78.5, 86.5)

0.286

72.8 (70.1, 77.4)

74.5 (70.1, 77.3)

0.804

Body fat (kg)

13.3 (10, 15.7)

11.5 (10.3, 16.3)

0.653

16 (12.2, 19.3)

15.3 (12.5, 18.3)

0.824

% Body fat

18.8 (14.4, 21.2)

16.1 (13.5, 19.7)

0.194

27.2 (22.6, 29.9)

25.5 (22.7, 29.9)

0.695

RMR (kcal)

1798 (1585, 1885)

1820 (1704, 2120)

0.050

1427 (1390, 1517)

1479 (1435, 1520)

0.472

VAT (cm2)

351.9 (262, 586.8)

73 (52, 201)

0.000

124 (56, 281)

55.5 (39, 84)

0.006

SAT (cm2)

88 (80, 112)

108 (78, 139)

0.286

82 (65, 92)

80.5 (73, 101)

0.565

VAT/SAT ratio

3.5 (2.5, 5)

0.7 (0.5, 1.9)

0.000

1.4 (0.6, 3.5)

0.7 (0.5, 1)

0.005