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. 2022 Nov 21;9:932323. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.932323

TABLE 3.

Means and standard deviations in clinical and anthropometric measures.

Variables Obese
(n = 53)
Overweight
(n = 33)
Normal weight
(n = 38)
Post-hoc p η2




Clinical measures M (SD) M (SD) M (SD)
Weight (kg) 99.28 (14.98) 76.94 (10.00) 62.74 (8.97) OB > OV, N
OB, OV > N
OB > N
< 0.01*** 0.65
Height (m) 166.47 (8.82) 166.06 (9.46) 166.32 (7.83) OB > N, OV
N > OV
0.51 0.01
WHR1 0.91 (0.10) 0.87 (0.08) 0.79 (0.08) OB > OV, N
OB, OV > N
OB > N
< 0.01*** 0.28
Body fat 38.21 (6.30) 30.99 (6.62) 21.12 (7.18) OB > OV, N
OB, OV > N
OB > N
< 0.01*** 0.52
Visceral fat 13.63 (4.99) 8.94 (4.10) 4.32 (2.49) OB > OV, N
OB, OV > N
OB > N
< 0.01*** 0.50
Muscle mass (Kg) 55.06 (9.34) 51.30 (8.96) 49.77 (10.03) OB > OV, N
OB, OV > N
OB > N
< 0.01** 0.09
Systolic blood pressure 131.09 (13.81) 126.97 (16.30) 111.68 (15.48) OB > OV, N
OB, OV > N
OB > N
< 0.01*** 0.26
Diastolic blood pressure 86.60 (8.45) 82.15 (9.99) 71.94 (8.21) OB > OV, N
OB, OV > N
OB > N
< 0.01*** 0.34
Glucose 90.91 (14.60) 82.79 (20.86) 79.08 (21.08) OB > OV, N
OB, OV > N
OB > N
0.69 0.00
Cholesterol 201.58 (31.57) 207.61 (38.79) 198.74 (43.06) OV > OB, N
OV > N
0.61 0.00
Triglycerides 262.28 (153.63) 235.00 (105.49) 228.84 (188.95) OB > OV, N
OB, OV > N
OB > N
0.58 0.00

1WHR, waist–hip ratio. **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.