Overweight and Obesity, Body Fat, Waist Circumference, and Anemia in Peruvian University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

BMI, % FB, WC, and anemia in humanities, business, health, and engineering students.

Variable	Humanities		Business		Health		Engineering		χ2
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
BMI (kg/m^2)
Under weight	10	2.6	14	3.9	24	2.7	13	2.0	15.336	0.082
Normal	259	68.0	222	61.8	594	67.5	412	62.0
Overweight	94	24.7	102	28.4	203	23.1	197	29.6
Obesity	18	4.7	21	5.8	59	6.7	43	6.5
%BF
Low	2	0.5	1	0.3	3	0.3	6	0.9	16.735	0.053
Normal	165	43.3	162	45.1	412	46.8	287	43.2
High	135	35.4	141	39.3	335	38.1	234	35.2
Very high	79	20.7	55	15.3	130	14.8	138	20.8
WC
Normal	316	82.9	279	77.7	670	76.1	526	79.1	15.440	0.017
High	56	14.7	61	17.0	144	16.4	96	14.4
Very high	9	2.4	19	5.3	66	7.5	43	6.5
Anemia
Yes	21	5.5	28	7.8	94	10.7	37	5.6	17.383	0.001
No	360	94.5	331	92.2	786	89.3	628	94.4

Note. n = 2285; BMI: body mass index; % FB: body fat percentage; WC: waist circumference. value. A Chi-square test (χ2) was used to evaluate the degree of difference of the anthropometric data, anemia, and the academic areas of the university students. represents the probability that academic areas are differentiated with anthropometric data and anemia. Statistical significance.