Table 3 Differences in whole-body and regional composition between 12 ED patients versus 117 controls, by general linear model

From: Body composition in young female eating-disorder patients with severe weight loss and controls: evidence from the four-component model and evaluation of DXA

 

Adjusted age

Adjusted age, height, puberty

 

Mean

s.e.

P-values

Mean

s.e.

P-values

Whole-body composition

 FM (kg)

−8.3

2.0

<0.001

−7.7

2.0

<0.001

 FFM (kg)

−5.9

1.6

<0.001

−4.0

1.1

<0.001

 Mineral mass (kg)

−0.5

0.1

<0.001

−0.3

0.1

0.001

 Protein mass (kg)

−0.9

0.3

0.005

−0.6

0.3

0.028

 HFFM (%)

−0.5

0.5

0.3

−0.4

0.5

0.4

 DFFM (kg/l)

0.000

0.002

0.8

0.001

0.001

0.6

 Protein:mineral ratio

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.4

Regional composition

 Trunk fat (kg)

−4.4

1.2

<0.001

−4.0

1.0

<0.001

 Trunk non-bone lean (kg)

−1.6

0.7

0.015

−0.8

0.5

0.089

 Trunk bone (g)

−174

40

<0.001

−124

30

<0.001

 Arm fat (kg)

−1.0

0.2

<0.001

−0.9

0.2

<0.001

 Arm non-bone lean (kg)

−0.3

0.2

0.11

−0.5

0.2

0.002

 Arm bone (g)

−7

19

0.7

−31

10

0.003

 Leg fat (kg)

−3.0

0.8

<0.001

−3.5

0.8

<0.001

 Leg non-bone lean (kg)

−0.6

0.6

0.32

−1.1

0.4

0.003

 Leg bone (g)

−40

53

0.4

−85

28

0.003

  1. Abbreviations: DFFM, density of FFM; ED, eating disorder; FMI, fat mass index; FFMI, fat-free mass index; HFFM, hydration of FFM.
  2. Differences calculated as: ED−control.
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