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Table 2 Prevalence of general (BMI) and abdominal (WC and WHR) obesity according to sex

From: Dietary habits and metabolic risk factors for non-communicable diseases in a university undergraduate population

Measure of obesity Male (N = 228) Female (N = 275) Total χ2* p
Freq of normal (%) Freq of overweight (%) Freq of obesity (%) Freq of normal (%) Freq of overweight (%) Freq of obesity (%) Freq of normal (%) Freq of overweight (%) Freq of obesity (%)   
Body mass index 168(73.7) 36 (16.7) 6 (3.0) 202 (74.0) 44 (16.1) 7 (3.3) 370 (73.9) 82(16.4) 16 (3.2) 0.008 0.996
Waist circumference (WC) 215(94.3) 10 (4.4) 3(1.3) 188(68.4) 64(23.3) 23(8.4) 215(94.3) 74(15.0) 26(5.0) 49.46 < 0.001
Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) 200(87.7)   28(12.3) 187(68.0)   73 (26.5) 200(87.7)   100 (20.0) 15.12 < 0.001
  1. Body mass index: overweight, > 25–29.99 kg/m2; obesity, > 30 kg/m2
  2. Waist circumference (WC: overweight: > 94 cm(M); > 80 cm(F), obesity: > 102 cm(M); > 88 cm(F)
  3. Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR): obesity ≥ 0.90 cm(M); ≥ 0.85 cm(F)
  4. *Chi-square test is for a difference in frequency of obesity between males and females as measured by each method
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