Gastric motility and its association with adiposity and metabolic health in a cohort of Sri Lankan office workers

Table 2 Adiposity, and metabolic indicators among participants according to gender

Parameter	Total (n = 130)	Male (n = 54)	Female (n = 76)	P value1
	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	mean ± SD
Body composition
BMI (kg/m2)	24.36 ± 4.09	23.96 ± 3.79	24.64 ± 4.30	0.357
Waist circumference (cm)	79.95 ± 11.07	83.59 ± 8.65	77.37 ± 11.90	0.001
Hip circumference (cm)	96.73 ± 8.74	96.52 ± 7.85	96.88 ± 9.38	0.821
Waist/hip	0.83 ± 0.08	0.87 ± 0.06	0.80 ± 0.89	< 0.001
Body fat (%)	17.03 ± 6.22	12.86 ± 4.66	19.99 ± 5.46	< 0.001
Metabolic indicators
HbA1c (%)	5.35 ± 0.81	5.44 ± 0.91	5.29 ± 0.74	0.315
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	197.36 ± 33.40	197.32 ± 36.98	197.40 ± 30.86	0.989
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	108.54 ± 47.21	130.01 ± 55.12	93.29 ± 33.46	< 0.001
HDL (mg/dL)	51.56 ± 12.24	45.19 ± 8.59	56.08 ± 12.48	< 0.001
LDL (mg/dL)	123.69 ± 30.67	126.02 ± 34.34	122.03 ± 27.90	0.467
Cholesterol/HDL ratio	3.97 ± 1.04	4.49 ± 1.11	3.60 ± 0.82	< 0.001
VLDL (mg/dL)	21.35 ± 9.42	26.65 ± 10.97	18.30 ± 6.70	< 0.001
Non-HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	145.05 ± 33.43	151.65 ± 37.04	140.37 ± 29.99	0.058
SGOT/AST (U/L)	23.07 ± 9.70	27.18 ± 9.52	20.15 ± 8.77	< 0.001
SGPT/ALT (U/L)	28.82 ± 21.07	39.80 ± 22.31	21.01 ± 16.46	< 0.001

¹Independent samples t-test.

BMI: Body mass index; HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin; HDL: High-density lipoproteins; LDL: Low-density lipoproteins; SGOT: Aspartate transaminase; SGPT: Alanine transaminase; VLDL: Very low-density lipoproteins.