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Table 1 Characteristics of study cohorts

From: Identifying obesity indicators which best correlate with type 2 diabetes in a Chinese population

 

Normal

T2D

P-value

Participants(n)

1868

220

 

Age(year)

51.66 ±10.35

56.22 ±10.06

<0.001

Height(cm)

   

 Men

167.02 ± 6.54

166.56 ± 6.03

0.499

 Women

156.68 ± 5.61

155.96 ± 5.81

0.193

Weight(Kg)

   

 Men

71.61 ± 11.54

77.97 ± 11.87

<0.001

 Women

63.36 ± 10.11

67.50 ± 11.04

<0.001

Hip circumference (cm)

   

 Men

97.99 ± 7.11

102.46 ± 6.94

<0.001

 Women

98.22 ± 7.84

101.08 ± 7.67

<0.001

WC (cm)

   

 Men

88.58 ± 9.96

95.92 ± 10.12

<0.001

 Women

83.83 ± 9.92

91.33 ± 9.85

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

   

 Men

25.63 ± 3.62

28.05 ± 3.67

<0.001

 Women

25.76 ± 3.79

27.77 ± 4.18

<0.001

WHR

   

 Men

0.90 ± 0.06

0.94 ± 0.06

<0.001

 Women

0.85 ± 0.06

0.90 ± 0.06

<0.001

WHTR

   

 Men

0.53 ± 0.06

0.58 ± 0.06

<0.001

 Women

0.54 ± 0.07

0.59 ± 0.07

<0.001

  1. Unpaired t-tests were performed to determine statistical significance. All values are reported as means ± standard deviation.
  2. BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHTR, waist-to-height ratio.