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Physical and clinical characteristics of normal weight, overweight, and obese subjects. The p value represents the significance among the three weight groups. |
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| Normal (n = 30) |
Overweight (n = 28) |
Obese (n = 29) |
p value |
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| Age (yrs) |
70 ± 7 |
72 ± 6 |
66 ± 5† |
0.009 |
| Height (cm) |
168.0 ± 8.7 |
167.9 ± 8.0 |
168.4 ± 8.7 |
0.968 |
| Weight (Kg) |
64.0 ± 9.0 |
77.6 ± 8.1* |
95.9 ± 14.1*† |
< 0.001 |
| Body Mass Index (Kg/m2) |
22.6 ± 1.8 |
27.5 ± 1.5* |
33.7 ± 3.7*† |
< 0.001 |
| Waist Circumference (cm) |
77.6 ± 8.6 |
93.0 ± 12.7* |
103.5 ± 13.1*† |
< 0.001 |
| Waist-to-Hip Ratio |
0.81 ± 0.09 |
0.91 ± 0.12* |
0.89 ± 0.10* |
0.001 |
| Calf Skinfold (mm) |
16 ± 7 |
18 ± 8 |
22 ± 12 |
0.050 |
| Sum of Skinfolds (mm) |
148 ± 49 |
177 ± 49 |
223 ± 70*† |
< 0.001 |
| Sex (% Male) |
30 |
57 |
48 |
0.107 |
| Race (% Caucasian) |
97 |
89 |
90 |
0.602 |
| Hypertension (%) |
23 |
32 |
59 |
0.008 |
| Hyperlipidemia (%) |
23 |
32 |
31 |
0.734 |
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Values are means ± standard deviations. * Significant difference from the normal weight group (p < 0.017). † Significant difference from the overweight group (p < 0.017). | ||||
Acree et al. Dynamic Medicine 2007 6:4 doi:10.1186/1476-5918-6-4 |
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