Comparison of body mass index and waist circumference as predictors of cardiometabolic health in a population of young Canadian adults

Table 1 Subject characteristics for men and women (n = 1181)

	Men (n = 358)	Women (n = 823)	P value
Age (years)	22.8 ± 2.4	22.5 ± 2.4	0.08
Height (cm)	175.9 ± 7.2	163.2 ± 6.5	< 0.001
Weight (kg)	73.1 ± 12.7	59.7 ± 10.7	< 0.001
Body mass index (kg/m²)	23.6 ± 3.5	22.4 ± 3.5	< 0.001
Waist circumference (cm)	80.1 ± 9.1	71.3 ± 7.6	< 0.001
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.0 ± 0.7	4.3 ± 0.8	< 0.001
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	2.2 ± 0.6	2.2 ± 0.6	0.72
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.3 ± 0.3	1.7 ± 0.4	< 0.001
Total cholesterol to HDL ratio	3.2 ± 0.9	2.7 ± 0.6	< 0.001
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.0 ± 0.6	1.0 ± 0.5	0.80
Smokers (%)	10%	5%	0.0023
Modifiable METS	7.9 ± 3.3	7.6 ± 3.01	0.17
Ethnocultural group (%)
Caucasian	48%	48%	0.84
East Asian	31%	36%	0.14
South Asian	14%	9%	0.005
Other	7%	8%	0.87

Values shown as mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables. Categorical variables are presented as percentages. P values from Wilcoxon test shown for variables age and TG. Unpaired t-test with unequal variances was used for all other continuous variables. Chi-square test used for categorical variables.

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