Table 2 Comparing the median (interquartile range) of the anthropometrics between males and females in Northern Sudan, 2023.

From: The ability of anthropometric indices in detecting type 2 diabetes mellitus in Sudanese adults: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Males

Females

P value

Body mass index, kg/m2

24.9 (21.5‒ 29.0)

27.4 (23.9‒31.2)

< 0.001

Waist circumference, cm

82.0 (71.0‒92.5)

86.0 (76.0‒96.0)

0.014

Waist-to-height ratio

0.44 (0.38‒0.52)

0.49 (0.42‒0.54)

0.001

  1. The Mann–Whitney U test was used.
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