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Table 1 Characteristics of study population

From: Association between obesity and lung function in South African adolescents of African Ancestry

 

Female

Male

p-value

Weight

46.99 ± 17.33

41.94 ± 15.32

 < 0.001

Height

148.11 ± 16.47

145.62 ± 16.43

0.081

WC

68.96 ± 12.42

65.18 ± 10.62

 < 0.001

HC

85.03 ± 14.11

79.55 ± 12.27

 < 0.001

WHR

0.81 ± 0.06

0.82 ± 0.09

0.119

WHtR

0.46 ± 0.07

0.44 ± 0.07

0.001

BMI

20.33 ± 5.22

18.96 ± 4.13

0.001

pBMI

57.79 ± 31.76

49.74 ± 32.61

0.004

TFM

23.97 ± 10.02

19.11 ± 8.96

 < 0.001

TMM

32.64 ± 3.01

34.95 ± 3.59

 < 0.001

SBP

112.63 ± 10.28

110.11 ± 10.36

0.005

DBP

73.14 ± 7.64

70.57 ± 7.28

 < 0.001

HR

90.04 ± 11.84

84.26 ± 12.54

 < 0.001

FVC

2.01 ± 0.43

2.06 ± 0.52

0.207

FVC%

76.95 ± 11.96

75.02 ± 12.23

0.066

FEV1

1.79 ± 0.35

1.81 ± 0.43

0.616

FEV1%

74.35 ± 11.43

76.52 ± 11.67

0.030

PEF

4.25 ± 1.31

4.09 ± 1.26

0.152

PEF%

93.30 ± 23.45

84.22 ± 21.95

 < 0.001

FEV1/FVC

0.90 ± 0.08

0.89 ± 0.08

0.130

FEV25-75

2.48 ± 0.71

2.34 ± 0.69

0.016

  1. Legend: HC Hip circumference, WC Waist circumference, WHR Waist to hip ratio, TMM Total muscle mass, TFM Total fat mass, BMI Body mass index, pBMI Body mass index percentile, WHtR Weight to height ratio, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, HR Heart rate, FEV25-75 Forced expiratory volume 25–75% Interquartile, FEV1 Forced expiratory volume in 1 s, FVC Forced vital capacity, PEF Peak expiratory flow