Table 5.

Anthropometric and nutritional status of the participants

Parameters	Mean ± standard deviation			p-value
	Controls (n = 149a)	Rural cases (n = 83)	Urban cases (n = 66)
Body mass index (kg/m2)	23.1 ± 3.7	19.1 ± 2.9*	24.5 ± 3.4	0.011
Total protein (g/L)	75.7 ± 4.2	69 ± 3.6*	78.3 ± 5.1	0.008
Albumin (g/L)	42.8 ± 4.6	34.1 ± 2.8*	44.1 ± 5.0	0.037

Underweight (< 18.5), Normal (18.5 to −24.9), Overweight (25.0 to −29.9), Obese (> 30.0) (World Health Organization 2020), *Significantly different from control values, ^aThe control values presented in the table were mean values of all the control cases selected from both rural and urban communities