From: Fat-to-muscle ratio as a predictor for dyslipidaemia in transitional-age youth
Characteristic | Males | Females | ||||
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FMR < 0.2224 | FMR ≥ 0.2224 | P value | FMR < 0.4809 | FMR ≥ 0.4809 | P value | |
(n = 319) | (n = 239) |  | (n = 816) | (n = 286) |  | |
Anthropometric parameters | ||||||
 Weight (kg) | 57.68 ± 6.44 | 73.19 ± 10.72 |  < 0.001 | 50.13 ± 5.73 | 60.75 ± 9.10 |  < 0.001 |
 BMI (kg/m2) | 18.96 ± 1.77 | 24.08 ± 3.08 |  < 0.001 | 19.09 ± 1.84 | 23.12 ± 3.10 |  < 0.001 |
 WC (cm) | 70.92 ± 3.90 | 86.19 ± 8.42 |  < 0.001 | 70.52 ± 4.35 | 81.06 ± 7.87 |  < 0.001 |
 Body fat mass (kg) | 7.06 ± 2.06 | 17.94 ± 5.84 |  < 0.001 | 12.75 ± 2.92 | 21.56 ± 5.12 |  < 0.001 |
Blood lipid parameters | ||||||
 TC (\(\mathrm{mmol}/\mathrm{L}\)) | 4.40 ± 0.88 | 5.01 ± 1.08 |  < 0.001 | 4.35 ± 0.95 | 4.85 ± 1.08 |  < 0.001 |
 TGs (\(\mathrm{mmol}/\mathrm{L}\)) | 0.93 ± 0.48 | 1.27 ± 0.72 |  < 0.001 | 0.85 ± 0.38 | 1.02 ± 0.51 |  < 0.001 |
 HDL-C (\(\mathrm{mmol}/\mathrm{L}\)) | 1.33 ± 0.29 | 1.27 ± 0.34 | 0.030 | 1.43 ± 0.36 | 1.37 ± 0.33 | 0.004 |
 LDL-C (\(\mathrm{mmol}/\mathrm{L}\)) | 0.91 ± 0.27 | 1.08 ± 0.31 |  < 0.001 | 0.97 ± 0.33 | 1.08 ± 0.39 |  < 0.001 |
 FBG (\(\mathrm{mmol}/\mathrm{L}\)) | 4.72 ± 0.63 | 4.74 ± 0.64 | 0.722 | 4.64 ± 0.60 | 4.69 ± 0.60 | 0.263 |
 Dyslipidaemia (n, %) | 27 (8.5) | 75 (31.4) |  < 0.001 | 63 (7.7) | 58 (20.3) |  < 0.001 |