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. 2021 Jul 12;22:618. doi: 10.1186/s12891-021-04487-z

Table 2.

The number and percentage of participants, stratified by the BMI categories for adult Asian populations

Characteristic Non-overweight
(BMI < 23 kg/m2)
(n = 26)
Overweight
(BMI ≥ 23 kg/m2)
(n = 22)
P value
Male (n = 24) 6 (25.0%) 18 (75.0%) <  0.001*
Female (n = 24) 20 (83.3%) 4 (16.7%)

BMI, body mass index.

The P value was for the Chi-squared test.

The asterisk (*) denotes a statistically significant difference between two groups.