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Cell membrane capacitance relationship to reference-measured body composition parameters in young adult athletes Cover

Cell membrane capacitance relationship to reference-measured body composition parameters in young adult athletes

By: Dale R. Wagner  
Open Access
|Oct 2025

Figures & Tables

Descriptive characteristics of the study sample_ Data are means ± SD_

VariableMen (n = 138)Women (n = 88)Total (N = 226)
Age (y)21.3 ± 1.820.2 ± 1.720.9 ± 1.9
Height (cm)179.4 ± 6.8166.6 ± 7.1174.4 ± 9.3
Mass (kg)79.8 ± 12.566.6 ± 11.774.7 ± 13.8
BMI (kg/m2)24.8 ± 3.623.9 ± 3.524.4 ± 3.5
Body volume (L)74.9 ± 12.564.0 ± 12.170.7 ± 13.4
Body density (g/cc)1.0663 ± 0.01621.0429 ± 0.01501.0572 ± 0.0194
Fat percent (%)14.3 ± 5.825.2 ± 6.018.6 ± 7.9
Fat mass (kg)11.8 ± 6.517.3 ± 7.114.0 ± 7.2
TBW (L)48.5 ± 6.735.4 ± 4.643.4 ± 8.8
TBW/mass (%)61.1 ± 4.153.6 ± 4.258.2 ± 5.5
BMC (kg)3.034 ± 0.4032.328 ± 0.3082.759 ± 0.504
BMD (g/cm2)1.294 ± 0.1011.174 ± 0.0721.247 ± 0.108
Fat-free mass (kg)68.0 ± 8.749.4 ± 6.160.7 ± 11.9
FFMI (kg/m2)21.1 ± 2.317.8 ± 1.719.8 ± 2.7
Cm (nF)3.00 ± 0.621.90 ± 0.362.58 ± 0.76

Correlation coefficients for membrane capacitance (Cm) with measured body composition parameters_ The 95% confidence interval is in parentheses_

VariableMen (n = 138)Women (n = 88)Total (N = 226)
Height.001.046.485
(−.166 – .168)(−.166 – .255)(.378 – .579)
Mass.556.423.651
(.429 – .662)(.233 – .582)(.568 – .720)
BMI.609.490.478
(.492 – .705)(.311 – .635)(.370 – .573)
Body volume.540.409.601
(.410 – .649)(.217 – .570)(.511 – .679)
Body density−.227−.206.294
(−.379 – −.062)(−.399 – .005)(.169 – .409)
Fat percentage.025.044−.459
(−.143 – .191)(−.168 – .252)(−.556 – −.349)
Fat mass.179.201−.143
(.012 – .336)(−.010 – .395)(−.268 – −.012)
TBW.726.645.860
(.637 −.797)(.502 – .753)(.822 – .891)
TBW/mass.197.119.561
(.031 – .352)(−.094 – .321)(.464 – .645)
BMC.410.265.679
(.261 – .540)(.058 – .451)(.601 – .744)
BMD.304.266.557
(.145 – .449)(.058 – .451)(.460 – .641)
Fat-free mass.667.585.837
(.563 – .751)(.427 – .709)(.793 – .872)
FFMI.776.719.859
(.700 – .835)(.599 – .807)(.821 – .890)
Language: English
Page range: 115 - 118
Submitted on: Oct 3, 2025
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Published on: Oct 14, 2025
Published by: University of Oslo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Dale R. Wagner, published by University of Oslo
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