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Table 2 Body characteristics of the participants in the IRT population

From: Association between thermogenic brown fat and genes under positive natural selection in circumpolar populations

 

All (n = 84)

Age (years)

26.7 ± 7.0

Height (cm)

168.1 ± 8.4

Weight (kg)

60.7 ± 9.8

BMI (kg/m2)

21.5 ± 3.0

BFP (%)

23.9 ± 8.0

∆Temp (°C)

1.9 ± 0.9

  1. Continuous variables are presented as means ± standard deviation
  2. BFP Body fat percentage, BMI Body mass index, ΔTemp BAT activity calculated by subtracting the skin surface temperature in the control chest region from that in the supraclavicular fossa region, IRT Infrared thermography
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Journal of Physiological Anthropology

ISSN: 1880-6805

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