Lipid profiles in French West Indies sickle cell disease cohorts, and their general population

Table 2 BMI classes and abdominal obesity in SCC and SCA cohorts versus Guadeloupian general population ^a

	GGP^a	SCC	SCA
	N = 602	N₁ = 62	N₂ = 97
BMI < 18.50 (kg/m²) Undernutrition class	23 (3.8)	3 (4.9)	15 (15.5)^**
BMI ≥ 25 (kg/m²)	329 (54.7)	26 (42.6)	14 (14.4)^**°°
BMI ≥ 30 (kg/m²)	138 (22.9)	6 (9.8)^**	3 (3.1)^**
Abdominal Obesity	319 (53.0)	11 (28.2)^**	19 (26.0)^**
male AO distribution	196 (32.6)	1 (6.7)^*	0 (0.0)^**
female AO distribution	423 (70.4)	10 (41.7)^**	19 (48.7)^**

Data are expressed as n (and proportion); comparison with GGP (Guadeloupean general population): ^*p < 0.05; ^**p < 0.01; comparison with SCC population: ^°°p < 0.01; ^aGGP data issued from reference (19); AO (abdominal obesity) if waist > 94 cm for males or > 80 cm for females

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