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. 2013 Dec;13(4):1107–1116. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v13i4.35

Table 1.

Anthropometric parameters of the Study population

Variables Control
(N=86:F, 55:M)
Case
(N=164)
P-value Female cases
(N=122)
P-value Male cases
(N=42)
P-value
Age(years) 38.81±0.76 38.18±0.65 0.5290 37.33±0.77 0.5616 40.64±1.16 0.2914
Height(m) 1.52±0.01 1.60± 0.01 <0.0001 1.57±0.01 <0.0001 1.67±0.02 <0.0001
BW(kg) 54.87±0.90 60.37±0.73 <0.0001 59.54±0.89 0.0002 62.79±1.14 0.0005
BMI(Kg/m2) 23.98±0.44 24.07±0.33 0.8729 24.47±0.39 0.8842 22.90±0.67 0.5956
WC(cm) 77.35±0.68 83.77±0.67 <0.0001 84.25±0.82 <0.0001 82.40±1.08 0.0050
HC(cm) 91.16±0.62 95.21±0.70 <0.0001 96.02±0.85 <0.0001 92.86±1.10 0.2952
WHR 0.85±0.00 0.88±0.01 <0.0001 0.88±0.01 0.0001 0.89±0.01 0.0005
Biceps(mm) 4.18±0.22 5.78±0.24 <0.0001 6.25± 0.29 0.0002 4.40±0.27 0.0089
Triceps(mm) 8.90±0.47 10.41±0.46 0.0232 12.02±0.54 0.0393 5.71±0.31 0.1114
SC(mm) 11.79±0.45 12.92±0.48 0.0869 14.24±0.56 0.0399 9.10±0.60 0.1009
SI(mm) 8.57±0.34 9.11± 0.37 0.2912 9.89±0.41 0.2935 6.86±0.77 0.4205
SBP(mmHg) 103.62±1.26 116.34 ±1.35 <0.0001 115.49±1.58 <0.0001 118.81±2.55 <0.0001
DBP(mmHg) 67.80±0.84 75.37±1.01 <0.0001 75.08±1.19 0.0001 76.19±1.93 <0.0001

BW: Body weight; BMI: Body mass index; WC: Waist circumference; HC: Hip circumference; WHR: Waist to hip ratio; SC: Subscapular skin fold; SI: Suprailiac skin fold; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure and S.E: Standard error of the mean.