High-Sensitive C-Reactive Protein Levels in a Group of Syrian University Male Students and Its Associations with Smoking, Physical Activity, Anthropometric Measurements, and Some Hematologic Inflammation Biomarkers
Table 3
Participant’s anthropometric measurements grouped by BMI, waist circumference [8] and WHR [10]. Median of hsCRP levels (mg/L) and participant numbers of each group were shown . Disease risk of BMI and waist circumference were reported. Damascus, Syria, April 2016.
BMI (kg/m2), class
Median of hsCRP levels mg/L (Disease risk)
Waist circumference
WHR
≤102 cm
>102 cm
<0.90
≥0.90
Totals
0.47 (91)
1.77 (10)
0.47 (65)
0.57 (36)
<18.5, Underweight
0.12 (2)
0.12 (2) (Non)
— (0) ()
0.12 (2)
— (0)
18.5–24.9, Normal
0.38 (53)
0.38 (53) (Non)
— (0) ()
0.37 (38)
0.38 (15)
25.0–29.9, Overweight
0.80 (28)
0.59 (26) (Increased)
5.17 (2) (High)
0.80 (18)
0.74 (10)
30.0–34.9, Obese I
1.16 (16)
0.93 (10) (High)
1.35 (6) (Very high)
0.95 (7)
1.34 (9)
35.0–39.9, Obese II
2.38 (2)
— (0) (Very high)
2.38 (2) (Very high)
— (0)
2.38 (2)
40 or greater, Extremely Obese III
— (0)
— (0) (Extremely high)
— (0) (Extremely high)
— (0)
— (0)
Disease risk for type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and CVD relative to normal weight and waist circumference. — empty group Increased waist circumference also can be a marker for increased risk, even in persons of normal weight. Note: Wilcoxon rank sum test, where it was applicable, did not show significance difference (-value < 0.05) between any group of participants and the overall group.
