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Table 1 Demographic and anthropometric variables of subjects with and without AN

From: Prevalence of Acanthosis Nigricans in an urban population in Sri Lanka and its utility to detect metabolic syndrome

Variable

Subjects with AN

Subjects without AN

p value

Males [Number (%)]

206 (40)

1138 (47)

0.006

Age [Mean (SD)]

50.8 (7.6)

52.8 (7.8)

< 0.001

BMI [Mean (SD)]

27.9 (4.0)

23.3 (3.9)

< 0.001

Waist [Mean (SD)]

93.9 (9.1)

83.9 (10.2)

< 0.001

Hip [Mean (SD)]

97.5 (8.3)

89.9 (8.0)

< 0.001

WHR

0.96 (0.07)

0.93 (0.07)

< 0.001