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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 6.
Published in final edited form as: Integr Obes Diabetes. 2015 May 25;1(3):49–55. doi: 10.15761/iod.1000112

Table 2.

Anthr opometric indices and cardiovascular risk factors of the study participants by gender from BSMMU hospital, Bangladesh (N=390).

Male (n=270) Female (n=120)

Control (n=137) Case (n=133) P valued Control (n=68) Case (n=52) P valued

Smoking
Never 40 (29.6) 46 (34.6) 0.002 67 (100.0) 50 (96.2) 0.189
Current 26 (19.0) 56 (42.1) 0 2 (3.8)
Former 69 (50.4) 42 (31.6) 0 0

Leisure time physical activity
Mild or Sedentary 123 (90.4) 130 (97.7) 0.018 55 (83.3) 45 (86.5) 0.797
Moderate to heavy 13 (9.6) 3 (2.3) 11 (16.7) 7 (13.5)

Active time physical activity
Mild or Sedentary 106 (77.9) 118 (89.4) 0.013 62 (95.4) 49 (94.2) 0.99
Moderate to heavy 30 (22.1) 14 (10.6) 3 (4.6) 3 (5.8)

Diabetes mellitus
 No 120 (88.2) 95 (71.4) 0.001 49 (73.1) 33 (63.5) 0.319
 Yes 16 (11.8) 38 (28.6) 18 (26.9) 19 (36.5)

Hypertension
 No 85 (62.5) 44 (33.1) <0.001 50 (74.6) 14 (26.9) <0.000
 Yes 51 (37.5) 89 (66.9) 17 (25.4) 38 (73.1)

Body mass indexa,b 24.4 ± 2.7 25.1 ± 2.0 0.013e 23.39 ± 2.37 25.3 ± 2.5 <0.001e

Waist Circumferencea,c 86.4 ± 6.9 88.9 ± 8.7 0.009e 81.17 ± 11.37 86.1 ± 6.9 0.007e

Waist hip ratioa 0.92 ± 0.03 0.93 ± 0.03 0.171e 0.88 ± 0.05 0.91 ± 0.02 0.002e

Waist height ratioa 0.54 ± 0.04 0.55 ± 0.05 0.230e 0.52 ± 0.07 0.57 ± 0.04 0.001e

BSMMU: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University

Percentages are in parenthesis next to each count.

Missing Values male: Hypertension =1, Diabetes mellitus =1, smoking =2, physical activity =1, Body Mass Index=3, Waist Circumference=1, Waist hip ratio=1, Waist height ratio=2

Missing Values female: Hypertension =1, Diabetes mellitus =1, smoking =1, physical activity =2, Body Mass Index=2, Waist Circumference, Waist hip ratio, Waist height ratio=4

a

Mean ± Standard Deviation

b

Body Mass Index calculated as weight in kilogram/height in meter square

c

Circumference in cm

d

Pearson Chi square except where noted

e

Independent t test