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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 29.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Sep;16(9):2148–2154. doi: 10.1038/oby.2008.330

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics by Site – mean ± SD

Nigeria
(n = 149)
United States
(n = 172)
Age (y) * 31.9 ± 11.6 34.6 ± 10.6
Height (cm) ** 160.0 ± 6.2 164.5 ± 6.2
Weight (kg) ** 57.8 ± 11.6 83.5 ± 21.0
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) ** 22.6 ± 4.3 30.8 ± 7.3
Waist Circumference (cm) ** 78.3 ± 10.2 91.6 ± 16.8
Hip Circumference (cm) ** 93.4 ± 9.5 111.3 ± 13.7
Fat-Free Mass (kg) ** 40.4 ± 5.2 48.7 ± 8.0
Fat Mass (kg) ** 17.4 ± 7.8 34.9 ± 14.6
Total Body Fat (%) ** 28.9 ± 8.0 40.1 ± 8.5

Characteristics significantly different between Nigeria and the United States;

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.001

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