Bio-anthropometrics | Cameroonian | Senegalese | Differences between populations | |||||
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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 |