Community-Specific BMI Cutoff Points for South Indian Females

Table 1

(a) Analysis of anthropometric and body composition characteristics between groups (normal, at risk, and obese) and chi-Square.

Factors	Total dataset		Normal (𝑛=26)		At-risk (𝑛=16)		Obesity (𝑛=45)		Significance	Chi-square	Asymp.sig
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	𝑃
Age	37.33	13.12	37.35	16.30	32.56	11.82	39.02	11.25	0.175 (NS)	18.56	0.001
Ht	159.06	9.93	158.65	11.40	161.75	9.31	158.33	9.28	0.488 (NS)	29.07	0.663
Wt	65.48	13.13	53.02	7.65	63.33	7.21	73.45	11.30	0.000 (HS)	2.79	1.000
BMI	25.88	4.75	21.02	1.47	24.14	0.53	29.31	3.95	0.000 (HS)	15.18	1.000
ICF	20.63	4.91	18.79	4.68	21.56	4.84	21.36	4.88	0.072 (LS)	11.48	1.000
ECF	10.04	2.41	8.98	2.49	10.47	2.15	10.49	2.29	0.2 (LS)	17.89	1.000
Body fat mess	23.55	9.34	14.92	4.28	19.60	3.07	29.94	8.10	0.000 (HS)	9.49	1.000
Body water	27.26	5.55	25.78	4.45	26.61	5.66	28.34	5.94	0.151 (NS)	15.18	1.000
Muscle mass	34.71	7.06	32.82	5.68	33.89	7.21	36.09	7.56	0.149 (NS)	11.74	1.000
Fat-free-mass	37.24	7.58	35.21	6.08	36.37	7.73	38.73	8.12	0.149 (NS)	9.82	1.000
SMM	19.63	4.49	18.39	3.56	19.16	4.51	20.50	4.84	0.145 (NS)	18.87	1.000
RA	1.78	0.54	1.64	0.49	1.71	0.53	1.88	0.56	0.179 (NS)	11.17	1.000
LA	1.77	0.54	1.65	0.49	1.71	0.52	1.87	0.57	0.212 (NS)	18.10	1.000
Trunk	16.85	3.45	16.06	2.94	16.51	3.63	17.44	3.63	0.248 (NS)	28.96	0.999
PBF	40.33	8.58	42.92	7.81	41.68	7.63	38.35	8.98	0.047 (LS)	7.7	1.000
WHR	0.90	0.06	0.90	0.07	0.90	0.06	0.90	0.06	0.912 (NS)	40.29	0.020
VFA	98.52	41.83	98.43	43.64	103.44	40.54	96.83	42.02	0.866 (NS)	1.9	1.000
Edema	0.33	0.01	0.33	0.01	0.33	0.00	0.33	0.01	0.642 (NS)	46.77	0.001
Fat control	−10.78	11.57	−1.76	9.89	−8.32	2.57	−16.86	10.76	0.000 (HS)	12.13	1.000
Muscle control	2.21	2.61	5.03	2.55	1.39	1.63	0.86	1.37	0.000 (HS)	467.67	0.000
Basal metabolic rate	1282.13	213.87	1204.42	209.08	1332.56	207.72	1309.09	211.22	0.079 (LS)	2.79	1.000
Obesity degree	120.75	20.19	122.69	24.62	119.69	13.98	120.00	19.56	0.844 (NS)	30.9	0.946
Abdomen circumference	87.91	13.76	87.93	15.61	87.28	12.20	88.12	13.45	0.979 (NS)	6.52	1.000

NS: not significant, LS: less significant, HS: high significant.

(b) Tests of normality.

	Kolmogorov-Smirnov^a			Shapiro-Wilk
	Statistic	Df	Sig	Statistic	Df	Sig
WT	.096	77	.079	.980	77	.270
BMI	.105	77	.036	.925	77	.000
ICF	.073	77	.200*	.984	77	.469
ECF	.095	77	.083	.982	77	.331
Body fat mass (BFM)	.110	77	.022	.944	77	.002
Fat control	.059	77	.200*	.991	77	.869
Muscle control	.200	77	.000	.827	77	.000

*This is a lower bound of the true significance.
^aLilliefor’s significance correction.