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Table 2 Anthropometric parameters

From: Food insecurity and nutritional status of preconception women in a rural population of North Karnataka, India

Variables

N (%) (n = 770)

Mean ± SD

Height (in cm)

151.42 ± 5.58

Weight (in kg)

46.212 ± 8.4398

BMI: (Kg/m2)

20.09 ± 3.39

 Underweight (< 18.5)

282 (36.6%)

 

 Normal (18.5–22.9)

351 (45.6%)

 

 Overweight (23–24.9)

67 (8.7%)

 

 Obese ≥25

70 (9.1%)

 

Waist circumference (cm)

65.18 ± 8.44

Hip circumference (cm)

85.22 ± 7.14

W/H ratio

0.76 ± 0.06

  < 0.8

590 (76.6%)

 

  ≥ 0.8

180 (23.4%)

 

MUAC (cm)

24.06 ± 3.06

  < 22

189 (24.5%)

 

  ≥ 22

581 (75.5%)

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