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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants

From: Comparison of variations between percentage of body fat, body mass index and daily physical activity among young Japanese and Thai female students

 

Japanese (n 22)

Thai (n 27)

 

Mean ± SD (range)

Mean ± SD (range)

Age (years)

21.5 ± 0.7 (21–24)

21.2 ± 2.2 (18–25)

Height (cm)

159.9 ± 5.9 (151.7-170.5)

160.6 ± 6.0 (146.0-170.0)

Body fat (%)

23.0 ± 5.3a (12.2-35.4)

26.7 ± 5.6a (15.8-36.1)

Weight (kg)

49.5 ± 4.2 (43.6-58.3)

51.2 ± 5.9 (41.4-64.6)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

19.4 ± 1.5 (16.5-22.1)

19.8 ± 2.0 (16.6-23.0)

  1. The values are mean, standard deviation, and range of characteristics. These values were obtained when the examination started, in May 2010 for Japan and Apr 2011 for Thailand. aMeans sharing a common superscript letter are significantly different at P <0.05 by Student’s t-test.
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Journal of Physiological Anthropology

ISSN: 1880-6805

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