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Table 4.

Difference in clinical and anthropometric characteristics between Adv36 positive and negative groups among subgroups based on BMI.

	Normal weight (N = 279)			Overweight (N = 346)			Obese (N = 348)
	ADV 36 (+)	ADV 36 (-)	P value	ADV 36 (+)	ADV 36 (-)	P value	ADV 36 (+)	ADV 36 (-)	P value
N	141	138		169	177		148	200
Anthropometry
Age (years)	39.9 ± 14.5	41.2 ± 15.7	0.485^a	44.2 ± 13.9	43.5 ± 14.1	0.646^a	41.9 ± 13.3	42.8 ± 12.9	0.514^a
Weight (kg)	60.4 ± 8.2	63.5 ± 8.9	0.239	74.8 ± 9.3	75.6 ± 8.3	0.923	91.9 ± 15.6	92.5 ± 14.7	0.618
BMI (kg/m²)	22.8 ± 1.4	22.7 ± 1.7	0.718	27.4 ± 1.5	27.3 ± 1.4	0.607	34.9 ± 4.8	34.5 ± 4.2	0.455
Waist (cm)	83.3 ± 9.8	85.5 ± 8.9	0.541	93.6 ± 8.9	94.6 ± 7.7	0.76	105.3 ± 12.1	104.5 ± 11.1	0.145
WHR	0.9 ± 0.08	0.9 ± 0.09	0.654	0.9 ± 0.08	0.9 ± 0.07	0.56	0.9 ± 0.08	0.9 ± 0.08	0.221
Body composition
Fat (%)	23.8 ± 7.5	22.4 ± 6.9	0.513	29.9 ± 6.9	29.4 ± 7.07	0.983	39.2 ± 7.6	37.6 ± 7.2	0.716
Fat Mass (kg)	14.3 ± 4.6	15.1 ± 8.3	0.056	22.3 ± 5.1	22.0 ± 4.76	0.991	36.3 ± 10.6	34.8 ± 9.3	0.897
Fat Free mass (kg)	46.3 ± 8.6	49.4 ± 8.7	0.208	52.9 ± 10.1	53.5 ± 9.71	0.322	55.8 ± 11.3	57.6 ± 11.1	0.449
Lipid profile
HDL -c (mmol/L)	1.5 ± 0.5	1.4 ± 0.4	0.246	1.3 ± 0.4	1.3 ± 0.4	0.719	1.3 ± 0.4	1.2 ± 0.3	0.08
LDL-c (mmol/L)	2.6 ± 0.9	2.9 ± 0.9	0.013	2.8 ± 0.8	2.9 ± 0.8	0.254	3.1 ± 0.8	2.9 ± 0.9	0.052
TC (mmol/L)	4.3 ± 1.0	4.6 ± 0.9	0.009	4.4 ± 0.9	4.5 ± 0.9	0.198	4.7 ± 0.9	4.4 ± 1.0	0.023
TG (mmol/L)	1.0 ± 0.6	1.3 ± 0.9	0.007^b	1.4 ± 0.9	1.3 ± 0.9	0.267	1.4 ± 0.8	1.5 ± 0.9	0.854
Glycaemic profile
HbA1c (%)	6.6 ± 1.8	6.8 ± 2.0	0.689	6.7 ± 1.8	6.5 ± 1.6	0.164	6.8 ± 1.8	6.3 ± 1.5	0.019^b

ANCOVA with age, gender and BMI as covariates. BMI: Body Mass Index, WHR: Waist to Hip Ratio, HDL-c: High Density Lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL: Low Density Lipoprotein cholesterol, TC: Total Cholesterol, TG: Triglycerides, HbA1c: Glycated Haemoglobin.

a Unpaired t test, b Mann - Whitney U test.