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Table 1 Participants characteristics stratified by gender and weight group (Mean ± SD)

From: Normal weight obesity and physical fitness in Chinese university students: an overlooked association

Variables

Men (n = 125)

Women (n = 106)

NWNO (n = 97)

NWO (n = 28)

NWNO (n = 57)

NWO (n = 49)

Age (year)

20.2 ± 1.4*

20.9 ± 1.8

19.7 ± 1.6**

20.6 ± 1.5

BH (cm)

175.8 ± 6.5**

171.5 ± 6.8

162.9 ± 6.2*

160.0 ± 5.1

BW (Kg)

65.3 ± 6.6

66.1 ± 6.2

53.9 ± 5.5

55.5 ± 4.6

WC (cm)

75.0 ± 4.4**

79.7 ± 4.0

68.1 ± 4.4**

73.2 ± 4.5

VFA (cm2)

28.5 ± 13.7**

59.7 ± 13.3

52.4 ± 9.1**

73.2 ± 14.3

Fat %

12.3 ± 3.8**

23.1 ± 3.4

24.4 ± 2.6**

32.1 ± 2.3

BMI (kg/m2)

21.1 ± 1.4**

22.5 ± 1.2

20.3 ± 1.3**

21.7 ± 1.3

SMM/BH (Kg/m)

18.3 ± 1.5**

16.5 ± 1.5

13.5 ± 1.1**

12.6 ± 0.9

DBP (mmHg)

69.5 ± 7.0

71.9 ± 8.8

66.9 ± 6.1**

72.1 ± 8.4

SBP (mmHg)

120.4 ± 9.5

119.6 ± 10.0

104.9 ± 8.3**

112.3 ± 10.7

HR

72.7 ± 9.8

73.7 ± 12.5

75.5 ± 9.4

75.8 ± 9.7

PA (Mets*H/wk)

30.4 ± 10.4

27.8 ± 13.1

21.7 ± 8.6*

27.5 ± 15.3

  1. Abbreviations: NWNO Normal weight non-obese, NWO Normal weight obesity
  2. BH Body height, BW Body weight, WC Waist circumference, VFA Visceral fat area, Fat% Body fat percentage, BMI Body mass index, SMM Skeletal muscle mass, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, SBP Systolic blood pressure, HR Heart rate, PA Physical activity;
  3. *Indicates p < 0.05 (NWNO vs. NWO)
  4. **Indicates p < 0.01 (NWNO vs. NWO)