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. 2024 Mar 26;24:896. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18402-3

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of nutritional status variables

Variables Categories Male 696 (46.3%) Female 807 (53.7%)
Urban n = 495 (32.9%) Rural n = 201 (13.4%) Overall n = 696 (46.3%) Urban n = 551 (36.7%) Rural n = 256 (17%) Overall n = 807 (53.7%)
BMI M ± SD 22.2 ± 3.5 22.2 ± 3.6 22.2 ± 3.5 21.5 ± 3.3 22.0 ± 3.7 21.6 ± 3.4
Range 20.4 20.1 20.5 29.6 27.8 30.7
Min 15.2 15.6 15.2 15.0 13.8 13.8
Max 35.6 35.7 35.7 44.6 41.6 44.6
WHtR M ± SD 0.44 ± 0.05 0.44 ± 0.05 0.44 ± 0.05 0.43 ± 0.05 0.44 ± 0.05 0.43 ± 0.05
Range 0.43 0.27 0.43 0.37 0.33 0.37
Min 0.24 0.34 0.24 0.31 0.35 0.31
Max 0.67 0.77 0.77 0.68 0.68 0.68
BF M ± SD 17.1 ± 7.5 16.1 ± 7.6 16.8 ± 7.5 24.9 ± 5.7 25.1 ± 6.8 25.0 ± 6.0
Range 34.6 39.4 39.4 42.5 45.36 45.36
Min 5.6 4.0 4.0 11.6 11.1 11.1
Max 40.2 43.41 43.4 54.1 56.4 56.4

Legend: Range - Range of variation