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Table. 1.

General characteristics of the study participants (n=30)

Variable Underweight group (n = 15) Normal group (n = 15) t p
Age (years) 22.07 ± 1.16 22.87 ± 1.60 -1.568 .130
Gender (male/female) 4/11 6/9 .756 .460
Height (m) 1.66 ± .07 1.65 ± .09 .247 .800
Weight (kg) 48.00 ± 5.30 59.04 ± 7.90 -4.477 < .001*
Body mass index 17.39 ± 1.01 21.53 ± 1.22 -10.140 < .001*
Smoking (never/current/past) 13/2/0 10/5/0 -1.288 .210
Waist circumference (inch) 24.13 ± 1.23 27.70 ± 1.96 -5.978 < .001*
Hand grip (kg) 20.83 ± 5.23 28.99 ± 9.53 -2.905 .010*

*p < .05

Mean±SD.

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