Table 3.

Descriptive statistics of different demographical parameters and anthropometric measurements of Malay adults.

		N	Mean	SD	95% CI for mean		Minimum	Maximum	Sex difference
					Lower	Upper
Age	Male	49	23.98	4.51	22.60	25.30	20	38	2.33**
	Female	48	21.65	2.10	21.04	22.30	20	32
Height	Male	49	170.76	6.27	169.00	172.56	153	185	14.72**
	Female	48	156.04	6.30	154.21	157.87	141	170
Weight	Male	49	70.96	14.46	66.81	75.11	40	110	17.57**
	Female	48	53.39	13.37	49.51	57.27	39	118
BMI	Male	49	24.30	4.60	23.00	25.62	16	35.8	2.26*
	Female	48	22.04	6.50	20.15	23.93	16.7	58.5
ML	Male	49	74.88	3.55	73.86	75.90	67.30	83.00	10.35**
	Female	48	64.53	3.12	63.62	65.44	58.00	73.00
AP	Male	49	63.93	3.36	62.96	64.90	57.50	72.80	6.54**
	Female	48	57.39	3.29	56.43	58.35	50.80	65.00
ML/AP	Male	49	1.17	0.05	1.16	1.18	1.02	1.27	0.05**
	Female	48	1.12	0.05	1.11	1.13	1.03	1.24

**1% level of significance and *5% level of significance; N: number of subjects; AP: anterior-posterior; ML: medial-lateral; SD: standard deviation.