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Table 1 Anthropometric indices in the studied sample according to gender

From: Gender difference in determinant factors of being overweight among the 40–70-year-old population of Kharameh cohort study, Iran

Anthropometric Variable

Total

Gender

Men

Women

Number of subjects

8222 (100.0)

3992 (48.6)

4230 (51.4)

Height (cm)

163.65 (± 9.6)

170.79 (± 7.1)

156.91 (± 6.3)

Weight (kg)

67.05 (± 10.2)

71.14 (± 10.3)

63.20 (± 8.5)

BMI (kg/m2)

24.99 (± 2.92)

24.34 (± 2.9)

25.62 (± 2.8)

Normal weight (18.5  BMI < 25.0)

3828 (46.6)

2249 (56.4)

1579 (37.3)

Overweight (25.0  BMI < 30.0)

4390 (53.4)

1741 (43.6)

2649 (62.7)

  1. Data is reported as mean (± SD) or frequency (%) as indicated