Table 2.
BMI, PA and BP levels of the study population by sex
| SEX | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Male | Female | P-value | |
| (n = 201) | (n = 88) | (n = 113) | ||
| Mean Height (cm) | 163.1 | 167.9 | 159.4 | 0.076 |
| Std. deviation | 8.730 | 8.584 | 6.845 | |
| Mean Weight (kg) | 60.5 | 61.1 | 60.0 | 0.080 |
| Std. deviation | 12.576 | 10.876 | 13.823 | |
| BMI (kg/m 2 ) | 22.8 | 21.7 | 23.6 | 0.002 |
| Std. deviation | 4.863 | 3.963 | 5.327 | |
| Overweight N (%) | 26 (12.9) | 6 (6.8) | 20 (17.7) | |
| Obese N (%) | 17 (8.5) | 2 (2.3) | 15 (13.3) | |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 115.6 | 120.2 | 112.1 | 0.246 |
| Std. deviation | 12.709 | 13.780 | 10.573 | |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 70.0 | 70.2 | 69.1 | 0.571 |
| Std. deviation | 8.092 | 8.125 | 8.069 | |
| Pre-hypertension N (%) | 65 (32.3) | 37 (42.0) | 28 (24.8) | 0.009 |
| Hypertension N (%) | 8 (4) | 6 (6.8) | 2 (1.8) | 0.069 |
| Physical activity N (%) | 0.000 | |||
| No PA | 169 (84.1) | 62 (70.5) | 107 (94.7) | |
| Moderate PA | 19 (9.5) | 14 (15.9) | 5 (4.4) | |
| High PA | 13 (6.5) | 12 (13.6) | 1 (0.9) | |