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Table 7 Comparison of the AFR and obesity indexes between the abdomen types of elderly women

From: Abdominal fat ratio estimation equation by abdominal type in elderly women

 

Overall protrusion type (n = 181)

Top and bottom protrusion type (n = 14)

Bottom protrusion type (n = 89)

Flat type (n = 11)

F

Waist flatness (Waist thickness/Waist width)

0.86 (0.05)

0.83 (0.06)

0.80 (0.06)

0.77 (0.05)

32.392***

b

a

WHtR

0.62 (0.05)

0.58 (0.05)

0.56 (0.05)

0.50 (0.04)

46.071***

c

b

a

WHR

0.99 (0.04)

0.95 (0.05)

0.93 (0.06)

0.87 (0.04)

52.304***

c

b

a

BMI

26.10 (2.79)

24.16 (2.47)

23.20 (2.84)

20.24 (2.25)

33.094***

c

b

a

AFR

0.91 (0.04)

0.88 (0.04)

0.86 (0.05)

0.81 (0.01)

35.861***

c

b

a

  1. **p < 0.01. ***p < 0.001, Scheffe test results a < b < c