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Table 2 Results of BIA body compositions analysis, muscle-fat analysis, obesity estimation, and body water analysis. SMM; skeletal muscle mass, BIA; bioimpedance analysis, ICW; intracellular water, ECW; extracellular water, TBW; total body water. All values are expressed as mean value ± standard deviation

From: The correlation analysis between sagittal alignment and cross-sectional area of paraspinal muscle in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis

BIA

Overall

Male

Female

P value

ICW (â„“)

19.1 ± 4.4

22.1 ± 3.8

16.4 ± 3.0

< 0.001

ECW (â„“)

12.4 ± 2.7

14.2 ± 2.2

10.8 ± 1.9

< 0.001

ECW/TBW (Leg)

0.398 ± 0.015

0.396 ± 0.015

0.399 ± 0.014

0.157

ECW/TBW (Whole body)

0.395 ± 0.012

0.393 ± 0.012

0.397 ± 0.011

< 0.05

Protein (kg)

8.3 ± 1.9

9.5 ± 1.7

7.1 ± 1.3

< 0.001

Mineral (kg)

2.9 ± 0.6

3.3 ± 0.6

2.6 ± 0.4

< 0.001

Soft lean mass (kg)

40.3 ± 9.1

46.4 ± 7.8

34.6 ± 6.2

< 0.001

Skeletal muscle mass (SMM) (kg)

22.9 ± 5.8

26.8 ± 5.0

19.4 ± 3.9

< 0.001

Body fat mass (kg)

18.7 ± 7.8

18.4 ± 8.0

19.0 ± 7.7

0.422

Percent body fat (%)

30.1 ± 9.3

26.6 ± 7.9

33.3 ± 9.3

< 0.001