Research Article

Dietary Fiber Intake among Normal-Weight and Overweight Female Health Care Workers: An Exploratory Nested Case-Control Study within FINALE-Health

Table 1

Description of the normal-weight and the obese group.

Normal ()Obese ()

Age, years47.6 ± 8.844.7 ± 8.30.34
Height, cm166.9 ± 5.2166.3 ± 6.10.74
Weight, kg62.8 ± 5.898.0 ± 11.0<0.01
BMI, kg × m222.5 ± 1.336.5 ± 4.3<0.01
Fat percentage, %28.8 ± 3.242.3 ± 3.5<0.01
Waist circumference, cm78.9 ± 7.7108.8 ± 11.9<0.01
Fat mass, kg18.1 ± 2.941.6 ± 7.4<0.01
Fat free mass, kg44.6 ± 4.156.3 ± 4.9<0.01

   value, , in differences between the normal-weight and the obese group.