Review Article
Sex Differences in Energy Metabolism Need to Be Considered with Lifestyle Modifications in Humans
Table 1
Percentage FM in healthy non-Hispanic white men and women. Adapted from NHANES III [
10].
| Age range (years) | Males (%) | Females (%) | Difference (%) |
| 12–13.9 | 18.4 | 24.8 | 6.4 | 20–29.9 | 21.8 | 31.0 | 8.2 | 30–39.9 | 23.6 | 33.0 | 9.4 | 40–49.9 | 24.2 | 35.4 | 11.2 | 50–59.9 | 25.1 | 37.3 | 12.2 | 60–69.9 | 26.2 | 36.9 | 10.7 | 70–79.9 | 25.1 | 35.9 | 10.8 |
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