Table 2.

Comparison of the anthropometric indices between normal and malnourished participants

	Total			Men			Women
Indices	Normal (n = 513)	Malnourished (n = 2208)	p value	Normal (n = 324)	Malnourished (n = 867)	p value	Normal (n = 189)	Malnourished (n = 1341)	p value*
HC	88.74 ± 5.98	101.28 ± 10.48	< 0.001	88.98 ± 5.99	99.34 ± 7.56	< 0.001	88.33 ± 5.94	102.54 ± 11.83	< 0.001
WC	79.84 ± 7.37	95.56 ± 10.55	< 0.001	81.79 ± 6.62	98.36 ± 9.24	< 0.001	76.50 ± 7.41	93.75 ± 10.95	< 0.001
WHR	0.90 ± 0.08	0.95 ± 0.09	< 0.001	0.92 ± 0.06	0.99 ± 0.07	< 0.001	0.86 ± 0.09	0.91 ± 0.10	< 0.001
WHtR	0.51 ± 0.05	0.61 ± 0.07	< 0.001	0.50 ± 0.04	0.60 ± 0.05	< 0.001	0.51 ± 0.06	0.63 ± 0.07	< 0.001
AC	88.80 ± 6.47	105.35 ± 10.81	< 0.001	88.38 ± 5.99	103.47 ± 9.94	< 0.001	89.52 ± 7.16	106.57 ± 11.17	< 0.001
MUAC	21.37 ± 2.33	26.10 ± 3.40	< 0.001	21.64 ± 2.26	25.75 ± 3.03	< 0.001	20.91 ± 2.40	26.33 ± 3.60	< 0.001
TST	5.14 ± 5.21	12.08 ± 7.14	< 0.001	3.30 ± 4.28	8.17 ± 5.55	< 0.001	8.30 ± 5.17	14.62 ± 6.91	< 0.001
CC	27.60 ± 3.12	31.95 ± 4.11	< 0.001	28.22 ± 2.77	32.63 ± 3.87	< 0.001	26.54 ± 3.40	31.50 ± 4.21	< 0.001
AVI	12.96 ± 2.28	18.56 ± 4.09	< 0.001	13.52 ± 2.11	19.53 ± 3.67	< 0.001	11.98 ± 2.23	17.93 ± 4.22	< 0.001
BRI	3.54 ± 0.96	5.95 ± 1.77	< 0.001	3.43 ± 0.76	5.48 ± 1.38	< 0.001	3.75 ± 1.19	6.25 ± 1.93	< 0.001
BAI	26.98 ± 4.97	34.90 ± 7.78	< 0.001	24.82 ± 3.19	29.27 ± 4.46	< 0.001	30.68 ± 5.30	38.55 ± 7.3	< 0.001

^*p value for Independent t test

Abbreviations: HC hip circumference, WC waist circumference, WHR waist-to-hip ratio, WHtR waist-to-height ratio, AC abdominal circumference, MUAC mid-upper arm circumference, TST triceps skinfold thickness, CC calf circumference, AVI abdominal volume index, BRI body roundness index, BAI body adiposity index