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. 2016 Jan 28;8(2):71. doi: 10.3390/nu8020071

Table 2.

Comparison of anthropometric parameters among moderate and severe groups depending on anthropometrical status.

UNDERWEIGHT NORMAL WEIGHT OVERWEIGHT
Moderate IS n = 41 Severe IS n = 6 Moderate IS n = 161 Severe IS n = 49 Moderate IS n = 19 Severe IS n = 3
Corrected height (cm) 164.49 ± 14.75 165.95 ± 5.77 161.6 ± 13.19 167.04 ± 6.8 ** 162.48 ± 13.93 159.57 ± 12.23
Corrected height Z score (SD) 0.84 ± 0.93 0.3 ± 0.54 0.75 ± 0.98 0.95 ± 0.92 1.6 ± 0.91 1.32 ± 0.82
Weight (kg) 42.52 ± 9.62 42.25 ± 4.13 48.87 ± 11.2 53.18 ± 6.36 * 63.45 ± 16.84 76.53 ± 14.2
BMI (kg/m2) 15.42 ± 1.34 15.33 ± 1.02 18.42 ± 2.15 19.01 ± 1.49 23.54 ± 2.59 29.85 ± 1.15 ***
BMI Z score (SD) −2.14 ± 0.44 −2.5 ± 0.63 −0.37 ± 1.29 −0.34 ± 0.61 1.67 ± 0.29 2.78 ± 0.13 ***
WHR 0.81 ± 0.04 0.78 ± 0.04 0.82 ± 0.06 0.82 ± 0.06 0.89 ± 0.05 0.86 ± 0.01
WHtR 0.44 ± 0.05 0.44 ± 0.05 0.44 ± 0.04 0.45 ± 0.04 0.53 ± 0.04 0.58 ± 0.02 *
FAT (%) 15.88 ± 5.13 13.55 ± 5.42 21.47 ± 4.84 23.4 ± 5.12 * 30.59 ± 5.75 38.47 ± 7.37 *
FFM (%) 84.13 ± 5.12 86.41 ± 5.4 78.5 ± 4.86 76.6 ± 5.11 * 69.67 ± 6.33 61.52 ± 7.36
PMM (%) 80.24 ± 5.92 82.24 ± 5.01 74.63 ± 4.66 72.89 ± 4.93 * 66.19 ± 5.56 58.37 ± 6.95 *

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation and compared using student’s t-test: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.