Body Cell Mass Measured by Total Body Potassium in Normal-Weight and Obese Men and Women
Antonino De Lorenzo, MD,
Angela Andreoli, MD,
Paola Serrano, MD,
Nicolantonio DOrazio, MD,
Valerio Cervelli, MD and
Stella L. Volpe, PhD
Human Nutrition Unit (A.D.L., A.A.), Rome
Plastic Surgery Unit (V.C.), Rome
University of Rome "Tor Vergata" and Whole Body Counter National Council of Research (A.D.L., A.A.), Rome
Lega Italiana per la Lotta contro i Tumori, Reggio Calabria (P.S.)
Human Nutrition Unit, University of Chieti (N.DO.), Amherst, Massachusetts
Department of Nutrition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts (S.L.V.)

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Fig. 1. Scatter plot of the correlation between BCM and BMI for men and women. r = 0.276 (p = 0.01) for men, r = 0.311 (p = 0.05) for women.
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