Table 1. Anthropometric and demographic profile of the study population.

Significant p-values ≤ 0.05 at 95% confidence interval.

BMI: Body mass index; CED: Chronic energy deficiency; KBDT: Kilo Bangladeshi taka; SEM: Standard error of the mean; N: Number.

Parameters	Patients (N = 88)				Controls (N = 86)			p-value
	N	%	Mean ± SEM		N	%	Mean ± SEM
Age in years			33.32 ± 1.24				31.00 ± 1.44	0.300
18-24	26	29			24	28
25-34	29	33			25	28
35-44	23	26			29	34
45-60	10	12			8	10
Gender								0.625
Female	46	52			48	56
Male	42	48			38	44
BMI (kg/m2)			23.00 ± 0.49				23.99 ± 0.90	0.312
Below 18.5 (CED)	8	9			11	13
18.5-25 (normal)	72	82			62	72
Above 25 (obese)	8	9			13	15
Education								0.101
Illiterate	2	2			2	2
Can read only	11	13			13	15
Secondary	28	32			25	29
Higher secondary	22	25			18	21
Graduate or above	25	28			28	33
Occupation								0.577
Service	13	15			9	11
Business	5	6			8	9
Student	10	11			14	16
Others	14	16			21	24
Jobless	46	52			34	40
Monthly income in KBDT			25.87 ± 3.37				24.91 ± 3.28	0.871
Below 10	8	9			10	12
10-25	70	80			59	68
26-40	7	8			11	13
Above 40	3	3			6	7
Smoking habit								0.111
Nonsmoker	68	77			61	71
Smoker	20	23			25	29