Dietary and lifestyle behavior in adults with epilepsy needs improvement: a case-control study from northeastern Poland

Table 3 Body composition parameters in the study and control groups

Parameter	Study Group N = 35	Healthy Control N = 47	P value	Study group N = 25	Healthy control N = 23	P value
	Women			Men
Protein [kg] mean ± SD	8.84 ± 1.09	9.29 ± 1.14	0.0754	12.44 ± 2.16	13.07 ± 1.61	0.2612
Minerals [kg] mean ± SD	3.22 ± 0.46	3.36 ± 0.41	0.1505	4.31 ± 0.67	4.44 ± 0.62	0.4900
Total Body Water [L] mean ± SD	33.03 ± 3.96	34.53 ± 4.12	0.1013	46.18 ± 7.96	48.09 ± 6	0.3560
Fat Free Mass [kg] mean ± SD	45.1 ± 5.5	47.19 ± 5.65	0.0649	62.93 ± 10.78	65.6 ± 8.19	0.3422
Percent Body Fat [%] mean ± SD	32.1 ± 8.98	30.71 ± 7.37	0.4440	27.65 ± 7.8	22.2 ± 6.94	0.0142
Skeletal Muscle Mass [kg] mean ± SD	24.76 ± 3.25	25.95 ± 3.47	0.1186	35.38 ± 6.45	37.38 ± 4.84	0.2337
Waist-to- Hip Ratio mean ± SD	0.9 ± 0.06	0.9 ± 0.07	1.0000	0.97 ± 0.11	0.95 ± 0.08	0.3914
Visceral Fat Level mean ± SD	10.06 ± 5.02	9.49 ± 4.42	0.5873	11.12 ± 5.79	8.35 ± 4.59	0.0743

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