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Table 1

Anthropometric characteristics of normal-weight, overweight, and obese male and female subjects (from [28]).

Variables	Normal weight; (n = 115); mean ± SE	Overweight; (n = 68); mean ± SE	Obese; (n = 146); mean ± SE	P value
Age (yr)
M	25.9 ± 0.7	27.3 ± 0.67	26.7 ± 0.73	0. 056
F	24.50 ± 0.50	24.4 ± 0.70	26.7 ± 0.54
T	24.90 ± 0.44	25.56 ± 0.54	26.70 ± 0.43
BMI (kg/m^2)
M	21.27 ± 0.34	26.4 ± 0.27	32.90 ± 0.80	0.0001
F	21.4 ± 0.20	27.3 ± 0.20	35.80 ± 0.60
T	21.33 ± 0.19	26.93 ± 0.17	34.89 ± 0.50
Waist (cm)
M	74.20 ± 1.53	86.10 ± 1.40	110.50 ± 2.20	0.0001
F	67.30 ± 0.90	84.40 ± 1.23	100.60 ± 1.38
T	70.82 ± 0.79	85.13 ± 0.93	103.72 ± 1.23
Hip (cm)
M	97.60 ± 1.20	100.80 ± 1.17	122.20 ± 2.00	0.0001
F	95.50 ± 0.80	102.20 ± 1.10	118.50 ± 1.40
T	96.13 ± 0.68	102.22 ± 0.82	119.68 ± 1.15
W/H Ratio
M	0.76 ± 0.02	0.86 ± 0.01	0.90 ± 0.01	0.0001
F	0.72 ± 0.01	0.82 ± 0.02	0.85 ± 0.007
T	0.73 ± 0.006	0.84 ± 0.006	0.87 ± 0.006

Note: Values are mean ± SEM. Abbreviations—BMI: body mass index; W/H: waist/ hip ratio; M: male; F: female; T: total.