Mean (SE) soft tissue (including fat) and fat volumes analysed in segments at the palatal and subpalatal levels. Fat volumes are also expressed as percentages of the soft tissue in each defined region and as a percentage of the total neck fat volume
| Palatal level | Subpalatal level | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | ||||
| Anterior segments inside mandible: | |||||||
| Soft tissue (cm3) | 62 (3) | 41 (3)*** | 99 (8) | 85 (4) | |||
| Fat (cm3) | 3.2 (0.7) | 1.1 (0.3)* | 21 (3) | 27 (2) | |||
| Fat as % of soft tissue | 5 (1.0) | 3 (1.0) | 21 (2) | 32 (3)** | |||
| Fat as % of total neck fat | 1.3 (0.3) | 0.4 (0.1)* | 7 (0.7) | 10 (1.0)* | |||
| Anterolateral segments inside mandible: | |||||||
| Soft tissue (cm3) | 25 (2.4) | 15 (1.5)** | 64 (5) | 49 (3)* | |||
| Fat (cm3) | 1.5 (0.2) | 1.2 (0.2) | 16 (3) | 18 (2) | |||
| Fat as % of soft tissue | 7 (1.2) | 9 (1.3) | 23 (3) | 37 (2)** | |||
| Fat as % of total neck fat | 0.6 (0.09) | 0.4 (0.05) | 5 (0.5) | 7 (0.4)* | |||
| Anterior and anterolateral segments outside mandible: | |||||||
| Soft tissue (cm3) | 138 (9) | 89 (4)*** | 72 (6) | 62 (5) | |||
| Fat (cm3) | 37 (3.6) | 30 (1.5) | 18 (3) | 29 (3)* | |||
| Fat as % of soft tissue | 27 (1.3) | 33 (0.9)** | 29 (3) | 47 (2)*** | |||
| Fat as % of total neck fat | 14 (1.6) | 11 (0.9) | 7 (0.7) | 11 (1.1)** | |||
| Posterior segments: | |||||||
| Soft tissue (cm3) | 333 (16) | 199 (16)*** | 509 (45) | 388 (25)* | |||
| Fat (cm3) | 84 (8) | 59 (6)* | 111 (16) | 108 (10) | |||
| Fat as % of soft tissue | 25 (3) | 30 (2) | 20 (2.5) | 28 (1.7)* | |||
| Fat as % of total neck fat | 30 (2.9) | 21 (1.3)** | 36 (4) | 39 (2) | |||
Significance of differences between men and women in each region: *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.