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

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

Measure of obesity	Male (N = 228)			Female (N = 275)			Total			χ^2*	p
Measure of obesity	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

Body mass index: overweight, > 25–29.99 kg/m²; obesity, > 30 kg/m²
Waist circumference (WC: overweight: > 94 cm(M); > 80 cm(F), obesity: > 102 cm(M); > 88 cm(F)
Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR): obesity ≥ 0.90 cm(M); ≥ 0.85 cm(F)
*Chi-square test is for a difference in frequency of obesity between males and females as measured by each method

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