Table 3 Characteristics of men and women students according to the presence of perceived stress

N

659

453

385

381

Age (years)

18.4 ± 2.7

18.4 ± 2.3

0.65

17.8 ± 2.9

18.1 ± 2.1

0.18

BMI (kg/m²)

24.2 ± 5.9

24.6 ± 6.7

0.39

23.3 ± 4.5

23.1 ± 5.2

0.69

Waist circumference (cm)

84.7 ± 16.1

84.1 ± 19.1

0.62

73.1 ± 11.6

73.5 ± 12.4

0.66

Hip circumference (cm)

101.3 ± 15.9

101.4 ± 15.4

0.87

98.3 ± 11.4

97.9 ± 12.5

0.65

SAD (cm)

20.0 ± 6.5

20.3 ± 8.1

0.47

13.3 ± 5.2

13.4 ± 4.2

0.82

Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

4.2 ± 0.83

4.2 ± 0.86

0.77

4.4 ± 1.0

4.6 ± 1.0

0.01

Glucose (mmol/l)

5.1 ± 0.61

5.2 ± 0.60

0.85

5.0 ± 0.49

5.1 ± 0.56

0.26

HDL (mmol/l)

1.1 ± 0.25

1.1 ± 0.25

0.55

1.3 ± 0.36

1.4 ± 0.32

0.82

Triglycerides (mmol/l)

1.0 ± 0.52

1.1 ± 0.54

0.46

0.84 ± 0.37

0.87 ± 0.43

0.36

Basal metabolic rate (BMR)

1808.5 ± 243.4

1801.5 ± 250.0

0.70

1430.2 ± 146.7

1420.7 ± 161.5

0.41

Arm muscle circumference (AMC)

23.3 ± 3.1

23.4 ± 3.3

0.77

20.2 ± 0.9

20.0 ± 2.1

0.33

Body cell mass (BCM)

37.1 ± 6.4

36.7 ± 6.6

0.51

26.7 ± 3.7

26.5 ± 4.1

0.55

Intracellular measured value

26.6 ± 4.7

26.5 ± 4.6

0.72

19.3 ± 3.8

18.9 ± 2.9

0.24

Extracellular measured value

12.4 ± 2.2

12.4 ± 2.3

0.80

9.3 ± 1.3

9.2 ± 1.4

0.60

Protein mass measured value

10.7 ± 1.8

10.6 ± 1.8

0.65

7.6 ± 1.1

7.5 ± 1.1

0.48

Mineral mass measured value

3.4 ± 0.49

3.3 ± 0.49

0.46

2.6 ± 0.28

2.6 ± 0.31

0.43

Fat mass measured value

19.0 ± 13.3

19.2 ± 13.6

0.87

19.7 ± 8.7

19.9 ± 9.9

0.75

Body water

39.1 ± 6.7

39.1 ± 7.4

0.97

28.4 ± 3.9

28.2 ± 4.3

0.51

Soft lean mass

49.8 ± 8.5

49.5 ± 8.7

0.63

36.1 ± 5.1

35.9 ± 5.5

0.55

Lean body mass

53.2 ± 9.2

52.9 ± 9.5

0.70

38.7 ± 5.2

38.5 ± 5.8

0.67

Percent body fat

24.0 ± 9.9

24.1 ± 10.0

0.96

32.3 ± 7.6

32.4 ± 8.3

0.78

Fat distribution

0.87 ± 0.11

0.87 ± 0.11

0.96

0.85 ± 0.07

0.85 ± 0.07

0.57