Table 3.
Body fat (BF) and visceral fat (VF) of the foreign students who stayed <6 months (n 200) and those stayed >6 months (n 200) according to the body composition analyser
| Interpretation | BF | VF | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period of stay (months) | ||||||||
| <6 | >6 | <6 | >6 | <6 | >6 | <6 | >6 | |
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |||||
| Decreased | 21 | 2 | 10·5 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Normal | 133 | 49 | 66·5 | 24·5 | 195 | 142 | 97·5 | 71 |
| High | 38 | 93 | 19 | 46·5 | 3 | 49 | 1·5 | 24·5 |
| Very high | 8 | 56 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4·5 |
| Total | 200 | 200 | 100 | 100 | 200 | 200 | 100 | 100 |
BF: χ2 (P = 0·012), VF: χ2 (P = 0·000).