Table 2 Anthropometric measures for the study’s population.

Variable	Controls			Cases			P value
Variable	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
BMI	30.7 (9.5)¥	27.7 (5.8)¥#**	34.1 (6.1)**	33.2 (6.8)	32.0 (7.4)#	34.6 (5.6)	0.160
WC	101.2 (12.4)	98.5 (16.5)	101.0 (12.4)	105.9 (14.6)	106.7 (14.9)	104.9 (14.4)	0.074
BMI categories n (%)							0.274
Under weight	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)*	0(0.0)*	1 (1.8)	1 (3.2)	0 (0.0)
Normal weight	5 (9.1)	4 (15.4)*	1 (3.4)*	4 (7.3)	3 (9.7)	1 (4.2)
Overweight	22 (40.0)	14 (53.8)*	8 (27.6)*	14 (25.5)	9 (29.0)	5 (20.8)
Obese	28 (50.9)	8 (30.8)*	20 (69.0)*	36 (65.4)	18 (58.1)	18 (75.0)
WC categories n (%)							0.145
Normal	20 (36.4)	15 (57.7)**	5 (17.2)**	13 (23.6)	10 (32.3)	3 (12.5)
Enlarged	35 (63.6)	11 (42.3)**	24 (82.8)**	42 (76.4)	21 (67.7)	21 (87.5)
Elevated BMI&WC n (%)							0.145
No risk	20 (36.4)	15 (57.7)**	5 (17.2)**	13 (23.6)	10 (32.3)	3 (12.5)
At risk	35 (63.6)	11 (42.3)**	24 (82.8)**	42 (76.4)	21 (67.7)	21 (87.5)

Continuous variables were expressed as ¥ median (IQR) or mean (SD) and categorical data were expressed as number of participants n (% within the one group).
Independent sample t-test was used for comparison between normally distributed continuous variables, independent sample Mann-Whitney U test for non-normally distributed continuous variables, and Chi square test was used for categorical variables.
Underweight: subjects’ BMI < 18.5 kg/m², normal weight: subjects’ BMI 18.5–24.9 kg/m², overweight: subjects’ BMI 25.0–29.9 kg/m² and obese: subjects’ BMI > 29.9 kg/m².
Enlarged WC: males’ WC > 102 cm and females’ WC > 88 cm.
BMI: Body Mass Index; WC: Waist Circumference.
*p < 0.05 Within group (male vs. female within case, male vs. female within control).
**p < 0.01Within group (male vs. female within case, male vs. female within control).
#p < 0.05 Between groups (same sex: case vs. control).

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