Malnutrition, Eating Habits, Food Consumption, and Risk Factors of Malnutrition among Students at the University of Maroua, Cameroon

Table 4

Anthropometric characteristics of the study population.

Variables	Overall	Women	Men	-value	Living alone	Living with family	P-value
Age (years)	23.95 ± 3.67	23.21 ± 3.46	24.22 ± 3.71	0.027	24.02 ± 3.74	23.81 ± 3.53	0.624
BMI (kg/m^2)	22.19 ± 2.78	23.06 ± 3.60	21.87 ± 2.33	0.001	22.27 ± 2.61	22.04 ± 3.09	0.480
WC (cm)	76.09 ± 7.53	74.81 ± 9.62	76.57 ± 6.55	0.060	76.99 ± 7.41	74.27 ± 7.47	0.002
HC (cm)	92.26 ± 7.63	93.46 ± 10.66	91.82 ± 6.12	0.082	92.85 ± 7.47	91.07 ± 7.86	0.046
WHR	0.83 ± 0.07	0.80 ± 0.08	0.83 ± 0.06	0.0001	0.83 ± 0.07	0.82 ± 0.06	0.064

BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; HC, hip circumference; WHR waist-to-hip ratio.