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Composition of body weight differences in subjects with the same body height

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 52, pages 619–620 (1998)Cite this article

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Objective: To determine the composition of body weight differences in men and women with the same height.

Design: A study of a random population sample of Danish subjects, aged 35–65 y.

Subjects: An age and sex stratified random sample of 3608 subjects of which 2987 (83%) subjects appeared for study. Of these, 548 men and 498 women were randomly selected for this present work based on their heights.

Results: The mean values of the slope of body fat against body fat free mass were 2.88 (s.e.m.=0.09) in women and 1.84 (s.e.m.=0.07) in men. There were no significant differences between the different body height classes.

Conclusions: See results.

Sponsorship: The study was supported by the Danish Health Insurance Foundation and the University of Odense, Denmark.

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  1. Danish Epidemiology Science Centre at the Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Kommunehospitalet, Denmark

    BL Heitmann

  2. Department of Medicine C, Copenhagen County Centre of Preventive Medicine, Glostrup University Hospital, Denmark

    BL Heitmann

  3. Department of Physiology, University of Odense, Denmark

    L Garby

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Heitmann, B., Garby, L. Composition of body weight differences in subjects with the same body height. Eur J Clin Nutr 52, 619–620 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600613

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