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Table 1 Bio-anthropometric characteristics of photographed individuals

From: The relevance of the side-view in body image scales for public health: an example from two African populations

Bio-anthropometrics

Cameroonian

Senegalese

Differences between populations

 

Males (n = 51)

Females (n = 29)

P-values

Males (n = 31)

Females (n = 50)

P-values

Males (P-values)

Females (P-values)

Age

39.5 ± 14.2

35.3 ± 12.0

0.18

37.5 ± 16.0

39.9 ± 13.4

0.31

0.47

0.15

Height (cm)

170.8 ± 6.2

160.4 ± 6.3

<0.001

176.9 ± 6.2

165.0 ± 5.4

<0.001

<0.001

0.001

Body mass (kg)

77.6 ± 15.0

75.4 ± 16.4

0.54

71.9 ± 15.0

72.7 ± 16.4

0.72

0.23

0.98

BMI (kg/m2)a

26.5 ± 5.1

28.9 ± 6.4

0.068

23 ± 3.4

26.9 ± 6.4

0.0043

<0.001

0.29

Fatness (%)

20.1 ± 7.4

33.4 ± 6.5

<0.001

18.3 ± 8.2

33.7 ± 7.6

<0.001

0.24

0.77

Ectomorphy

1.70 ± 1.30

0.91 ± 1.10

0.002

3.19 ± 1.67

1.66 ± 1.83

<0.001

<0.001

0.079

Mesomorphy

5.78 ± 1.47

5.69 ± 1.96

0.74

4.39 ± 1.21

4.88 ± 1.83

0.23

<0.001

0.054

Endomorphy

3.30 ± 1.59

5.53 ± 1.92

<0.001

2.66 ± 1.21

5.52 ± 1.86

<0.001

0.077

0.90

WC (cm)a

90.6 ± 14.1

94.0 ± 15.2

0.18

80.8 ± 9.6

93 ± 17.2

<0.001

<0.001

0.93

WHRa

0.91 ± 0.06

0.86 ± 0.09

0.011

0.85 ± 0.06

0.88 ± 0.10

0.15

<0.001

0.56

Corpulenceb

1.41 ± 8.75

−0.80 ± 8.80

NA

−2.32 ± 8.58

0.46 ± 10.0

NA

0.11

0.87

Mean BP (mm Hg)a

98.0 ± 13.8

91.0 ± 8.4

0.0011

85.3 ± 14.0

93.0 ± 16.5

0.019

<0.001

0.84

Glycaemia (mg/dl)

99.5 ± 28.8

102.8 ± 21.3

0.35

105.1 ± 21.6

113.2 ± 22.3

0.057

0.73

0.20

  1. aBMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, WHR waist to hip ratio, BP blood pressure
  2. bNote that the corpulence metric is a synthetic measure derived for others: For men, corpulence = 0.47BMI + 0.85fatness-0.14ectomorphy + 0.10mesomorphy + 0.16endomorphy
  3. For women, corpulence = 0.63BMI + 0.72fatness-0.15ectomorphy + 0.16mesomorphy + 0.18endomorphy. Within each sex, all variables were centred during this computation (i.e. difference to the mean value). Therefore, comparisons between sexes are meaningless and indicated as Not Applicable (NA) for this variable
  4. Mean +/− 1 Standard Deviation (SD) are reported as well as P-values of Mann–Whitney U test comparing the bio-anthropometrics between sexes and populations. High values for ectomorphy, mesomorphy and endomorphy corresponds to having a thin body built, a muscular body and a heavy body build, respectively