Table 2.
Anthropometric measurements of Mothers by Household Food Insecurity Status in Beirut, Lebanon, 2015 (n = 378)
| Total Sample (n = 378) | Food Secure (n = 187) |
Food Insecure (n = 191) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | P-valuea | |||
| Weight (kg) | 70.9 ± 15.9 | 68.1 ± 13.5 | 73.7 ± 17.6 | 0.001 |
| Height (cm) | 158.6 ± 7.1 | 159.7 ± 6.1 | 157.6 ± 7.9 | 0.004 |
| Body Mass Index (BMI), n(%) | ||||
| Normal Weight | 134(35.4) | 84(44.9) | 50(26.2) | 0.000 |
| Overweight | 128(33.9) | 63(33.7) | 65(34.0) | |
| Obese | 116(30.7) | 40(21.4) | 76(39.8) | |
| Waist Circumference (WC), n(%) | ||||
| Normal WC <80 cm) | 111(29.4) | 66(35.3) | 45(23.6) | 0.012 |
| At-Risk WC (≥80 cm) | 267(70.6) | 121(64.7) | 146(76.4) | |
aSignificantly different at p-value <0.05; p-value was derived using t-test for continuous variables and chi-square analysis for categorical variables