Table 2 Anthropometric Measurements of Participants
From: Risk factors of metabolic syndrome among adult Sudanese sickle cell anemia patients
Characteristics | subjects | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sickle patients (N = 30) (mean ± SD) | Control (N = 30) (mean ± SD) | Total (N = 60) (mean ± SD) | ||
Body Mass Index | 20.8 ± 3.1 | 22.10 ± 4.56 | 21.5 ± 3.67 | 0.20 |
Waist circumference (cm) | 69.77 ± 7.16 | 73.30 ± 11.07 | 71.53 ± 9.41 | 0.15 |
Hip circumference (cm) | 79.8 ± 5.13 | 95.6 ± 12.29 | 87.2 ± 11.90 | 0.00a |
Waist - hip ratio | 0.86 ± 0.49 | 0.78 ± 0.11 | 0.78 ± 0.1 | 0.00a |