Table 4 Results of body mass composition measurements, detailing the two groups of subjects.

From: Evaluation of the relationship between body composition and dietary habits of physically active people with disabilities

 

Study group

Control group

t/Z*

p

X

Me

Min

Max

S

X

Me

Min

Max

S

BMI

25.9

25.1

15.4

36.8

5.2

24.2

23.0

17.6

33.2

3.3

1.47

0.146

BF (%)

28.7

28.1

8.2

48.1

10.2

21.6

20.2

12.0

40.0

6.6

3.02

0.004

MM (kg)

46.1

46.1

29.3

58.9

7.0

54.4

55.8

34.2

71.6

10.8

− 3.42

0.001

MQ (mq)

52.1

49.0

27.0

100.0

14.8

62.0

62.0

40.0

87.0

10.7

− 3.35*

0.001

BT

3.6

3.0

1.0

8.0

1.9

4.8

5.0

1.0

9.0

1.6

− 2.26*

0.024

BM (kg)

2.5

2.5

1.9

2.9

0.3

2.8

2.9

1.8

3.7

0.5

− 2.94

0.005

VF

5.8

5.3

1.0

20.0

3.9

4.3

4.0

1.0

13.0

3.1

1.72*

0.086

PMR

1507

1495

1141

1918

2042

1696

1706

1095

2354

314.8

− 2.66

0.010

MA

36.8

36.5

11.0

76.0

13.3

26.9

25.0

12.0

55.0

11.0

3.01

0.004

BWC (%)

52.2

51.0

41.1

65.5

6.3

57.9

58.1

48.7

68.3

5.5

− 3.57

0.001

Pulse

91.5

91.5

39.8

130.0

18.1

78.7

80.0

66.0

94.0

7.2

3.43

0.001

BFC (%)

27.9

27.2

8.8

51.4

9.9

21.0

21.5

10.8

37.4

6.2

3.05

0.004

LAF (%)

28.1

26.5

4.8

57.3

11.3

18.7

17.1

2.3

42.8

10.2

3.23

0.002

RAF (%)

30.2

29.7

5.7

49.6

11.1

18.7

16.6

1.9

41.7

8.8

4.25

 < 0.001

LLF (%)

32.0

32.9

10.2

61.2

12.2

22.9

18.0

5.6

43.5

10.2

3.00

0.004

RLF (%)

32.6

35.1

10.2

51.4

11.5

22.2

18.8

5.3

43.5

10.5

3.46

0.001

MMC (kg)

26.4

25.6

19.3

41.1

4.9

30.0

30.3

19.5

41.5

5.4

*− 2.69

0.007

MMLA (kg)

2.6

2.6

1.7

4.9

0.7

3.0

3.1

1.6

4.5

0.9

*− 1.87

0.062

MMRA (kg)

2.5

2.5

1.8

4.3

0.5

2.9

3.1

1.6

4.8

0.8

*− 2.25

0.025

MMLL (kg)

7.6

7.6

2.2

10.2

1.5

9.0

9.4

5.7

13.4

2.0

*− 2.45

0.014

MMRL (kg)

7.7

7.7

5.8

9.3

1.0

9.2

9.8

5.9

12.8

2.0

*− 2.69

0.007

MQLA (mq)

53.6

51.5

12.0

100.0

20.8

61.4

60.0

42.0

88.0

12.1

− 1.69

0.096

MQRA (mq)

53.6

52.0

14.0

100.0

17.3

61.2

64.0

44.0

83.0

10.5

− 1.96

0.056

MQLL (mq)

50.6

48.5

29.0

89.0

12.3

62.8

59.0

38.0

87.0

12.7

− 3.62

0.001

MQRL (mq)

48.9

49.5

20.0

93.0

14.1

62.0

60.0

37.0

92.0

12.5

− 3.62

0.001

  1. X: arithmetic mean; Me: median; Min: minimum; Max: Maximum; S: sample standard deviation; t-value of Student's t: test for independent variables; *Z: value of Mann–Whitney U-test; p: test probability ratio; BMI: body mass index; BF (%): body fat; MM (kg): muscle mass; MQ (mq): muscle quality; BT: body type; BM (kg): bone mass; VF: visceral fat; PMR: primary metabolic rate; MA: metabolic age; BWC (%): body water content; BFC (%): body fat corpus; LAF (%): left arm fat; RAF (%): right arm fat; LLF (%): left leg fat; RLF (%): right leg fat; MMC (kg): muscle mass corpus; MMLA (kg): muscle mass left arm; MMRA (kg): muscle mass right arm; MMLL (kg): muscle mass left leg; MMRL (kg): muscle mass right leg; MQLA (mq): muscle quality left arm; MQRA (mq): muscle quality right arm; MQLL (mq): muscle quality left leg; MQRL (mq): muscle quality right leg.
  2. Significant values are in bold.
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