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Table 2 Comparison between overweight/obese and non-obese subjects among males and females in the study group

From: Prediction of basal metabolic rate in overweight/obese and non-obese subjects and its relation to pulmonary function tests

Parameter

Group

Male

Female

Mean

SD

P value

Mean

SD

P value

Age (year)

Non-obese

19.70

1.424

0.365

20.33

1.308

0.443

Overweight/obese

19.94

1.188

20.11

1.370

Height (cm)

Non-obese

172.02

6.090

0.101

157.57

5.566

0.263

Overweight/obese

174.04

5.895

158.93

5.084

Weight (kg)

Non-obese

64.14

8.290

<0.001

51.47

6.729

<0.001

Overweight/obese

99.91

16.265

70.18

8.499

BMI (kg/m2)

Non-obese

21.66

2.411

<0.001

20.70

2.255

<0.001

Overweight/obese

32.98

5.107

27.76

2.880

FEV1 (L)

Non-obese

3.22

0.726

0.898

2.73

0.643

0.381

Overweight/obese

3.20

0.727

2.86

0.769

Ratio (%)

Non-obese

90.06

9.617

0.321

92.40

8.617

0.452

Overweight/obese

88.31

7.783

91.03

6.929

Fef25 (L/s)

Non-obese

5.45

1.846

0.645

4.70

1.471

0.208

Overweight/obese

5.65

2.274

5.12

1.574

Fef50 (L/s)

Non-obese

4.51

1.308

0.631

3.88

0.857

0.158

Overweight/obese

4.39

1.160

4.18

1.126

Fef75 (L/s)

Non-obese

2.54

0.906

0.043

2.25

0.704

0.804

Overweight/obese

2.21

0.695

2.21

0.710

FEF25_75 (L/s)

Non-obese

4.08

1.149

0.140

3.46

0.835

0.166

Overweight/obese

3.76

0.939

3.73

0.942

 

FEF75_85 (L/s)

Non-obese

2.08

0.904

0.033

1.85

0.698

0.599

Overweight/obese

1.73

0.688

1.77

0.697

Pefr (L/s)

Non-obese

5.82

1.874

0.272

5.08

1.518

0.281

Overweight/obese

6.26

2.035

5.45

1.646