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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2013 Mar 7;9(6):926–935. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2013.01.023

Table 2.

Anthropometric measures

Female
(n=1931)
Male
(n=527)
p*
BMI (kg/m2) 45.7 (41.6,51.0) 46.9 (42.3,52.8) .002
Weight (kg) 124.5 (112.3,139.1) 151.4 (134.1,172.7) <.0001
Height (m) 1.65 (1.60,1.70) 1.78 (1.75,1.83) <.0001
Percentage body fat (%) a 51.8 (49.6,54.1) 45.1 (38.7,50.6) <.0001
Waist circumference (cm) b 127.5 (118.9,137.5) 146.7 (136.5,156.9) <.0001
Neck circumference (cm) c 40.7 (38.5,43.0) 48.2 (46.0,50.7) <.0001

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index, kg, kilograms; m, meters; cm, centimeters.

Values are expressed as median (quartiles).

*

Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

a

430 missing

b

167 missing

c

156 missing