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. 2020 Apr 6;9:e15. doi: 10.1017/jns.2020.8

Table 1.

Obesity indicators in participants with and without diabetes

(Mean values and standard deviations; numbers of subjects)

Participants without diabetes Participants with diabetes
Mean sd Mean sd P
Subjects (n) 1352 357
Height (cm)
Men 165⋅6 8⋅8 165⋅6 6⋅9 0⋅681
Women 153⋅1 5⋅9 152⋅2 6⋅6 0⋅196
Weight (kg)
Men 64⋅4 11⋅5 67⋅4 11⋅1 <0⋅001
Women 59⋅4 17⋅2 63⋅6 13⋅7 0⋅002
BMI (kg/m2)
Men 23⋅3 3⋅6 24⋅5 3⋅3 <0⋅001
Women 25⋅3 4⋅3 27⋅3 5⋅1 0⋅001
Hip circumference (cm)
Men 88⋅9 10⋅1 88⋅5 10⋅1 0⋅735
Women 96⋅6 11⋅1 97⋅3 12⋅3 0⋅644
Waist circumference (cm)
Men 88⋅9 8⋅5 91⋅5 7⋅5 0⋅002
Women 88⋅1 11⋅1 95⋅0 12⋅4 0⋅002
Waist:hip ratio
Men 1⋅01 0⋅09 1⋅04 0⋅07 0⋅001
Women 0⋅92 0⋅12 0⋅98 0⋅11 0⋅003
Waist:height ratio
Men 0⋅53 0⋅05 0⋅55 0⋅04 <0⋅001
Women 0⋅58 0⋅07 0⋅62 0⋅08 0⋅001
Fat percentage
Men 22⋅4 5⋅3 24⋅1 4⋅35 <0⋅001
Women 36⋅2 5⋅8 38⋅9 5⋅9 <0⋅001
Fat per square of height (kg/m2)
Men 6⋅9 3⋅1 7⋅7 3⋅5 <0⋅001
Women 9⋅4 3⋅02 11⋅02 3⋅7 <0⋅001
Muscle mass per square of height (kg/m2)
Men 16⋅3 2⋅1 16⋅6 2⋅2 <0⋅659
Women 15⋅0 1⋅2 15⋅4 1⋅5 <0⋅008