Table 1 Anthropometric data, adipose tissue compartment volumes and IHCL at baseline and follow-up by infant sex

From: Sexual dimorphism in relation to adipose tissue and intrahepatocellular lipid deposition in early infancy

 

Baseline

Follow-up

 

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

n

40

30

40

30

Age (days)

13 [7–20]

13 [5–18]

64 [54–70]

62 [56–71]

Weight (kg)

3.637 (0.489)

3.546 (0.518)

5.492 (0.687)

5.219 (0.533)

Weight SDSa

−0.25 (0.94)

−0.17 (0.78)

−0.12 (0.99)

0.13 (0.55)

n

40

29

39

30

Total AT (l)

0.709 [0.608–0.932]

0.730 [0.626–0.906]

1.548 [1.278–1.801]

1.485 [1.345–1.817]

Superficial subcutaneous abdominal AT (l)

0.098 [0.075–0.122]

0.104 [0.087–0.0139]

0.257 [0.198–0.316]

0.258 [0.223–0.326]

Superficial subcutaneous non-abdominal AT (l)

0.512 [0.436–0.692]

0.515 [0.461–0.653]

1.124 [0.935–1.270]

1.085 [0.927–1.263]

Deep subcutaneous abdominal AT

0.015 [0.010–0.021]

0.017 [0.011–0.022]

0.037 [0.028–0.046]

0.044 [0.031–0.053]

Deep subcutaneous non-abdominal AT (l)

0.012 [0.010–0.022]

0.013 [0.010–0.016]

0.020 [0.016–0.023]

0.020 [0.015–0.024]

Internal abdominal AT (l)

0.017 [0.013–0.022]

0.017 [0.012–0.027]

0.030 [0.022–0.038]

0.030 [0.023–0.042]

Total internal AT (l)

0.071 [0.055–0.091]

0.069 [0.060–0.097]

0.118 [0.096–0.148]

0.130 [0.110–0.156]

IA/SCAa

0.16 [0.12–0.20]

0.14 [0.11–0.16]

0.10 [0.08–0.15]

0.10 [0.08–0.13]

IA/SCA0.6

0.067 (0.021)

0.062 (0.022)

0.069 (0.024)

0.067 (0.025)

n

31

23

31

23

IHCLb

0.656 [0.425–1.965]

1.142 [0.667–1.644]

1.818 [1.397–2.168]

2.123 [1.278–3.229]

  1. Abbreviations: AT, adipose tissue; IA, internal abdominal; IHCL, intrahepatocellular lipid; SCA, subcutaneous abdominal.
  2. Values are median and [interquartile range] or mean (s.d.) and units are as specified except
  3. athat has no units and
  4. bthat is ratio CH2/water.