Analysis of Selected Body Composition Parameters and Ergonomic Safety among Professionally Active Nurses in Poland: A Preliminary Prospective Monocentric and Observational Study

Table 3

Summary of body composition parameters depending on referral values.

Characteristic	Referral values		%
BMI (kg/m^2)	Underweight	1	2.7
	Norm	26	7.3
	Overweight or obesity	10	27
BF (%)	Norm	29	78.4
	Too high	8	21.6
MM (%)	Norm	32	86.5
	Too high	5	13.5
MA (years)	Lower	27	73
	Higher	10	27
TBW (%)	Norm	34	91.9
	Lower	3	8.1
ECW/TBW (rating)	Norm	1	2.7
	Higher	36	97.3
VF (rating)	1	8	21.6
	2	1	2.7
	3	6	16.2
	4	5	13.5
	5	8	21.6
	6	5	12.5
	7	1	2.7
	8	1	2.7
	9	1	2.7
	10	1	2.7
	11	0	0

Table of cardinalities for particular values of VF rating. Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; BF: body fat; MM: muscle mass; MA: metabolic age; TBW: total body water; ECW: extracellular water; VF: visceral fat; : number of participants.