IJCS | Volume 31, Nº3, May/ June 2018

230 Faria et al. Bod composition and heart failure International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences. 2018;31(3)226-234 Original Article Table 2 – Clinical and anthropometric variables of the study population, by sex Variables Men (n = 34) Women (n = 7) Total (n = 41) p-value * Mean (±SD) Mean (±SD) Mean (±SD) Age (years) 60.5 (11.3) 63 (8.7) 61 (10.8) 0.29 BMI (Kg/m²) 26.4 (3.4) 26.5 (4.8) 26.4 (3.6) 0.48 WC (cm) 96.8 (11.4) 93.6 (13.0) 96.3 (11.6) 0.26 WHtR 0.57 (0.06) 0.61 (0.1) 0.57 (0.07) 0.05 C-index 1.32 (0.09) 1.35 (0.08) 1.32 (0.09) 0.22 BF% 27.2 (4.3) 35.8 (4.6) 28.7 (5.4) < 0.001 PA (°) 6.7 (1.0) 7.1 (1.4) 6.8 (1.1) 0.18 LVEF (%) 34.5 (8.6) 37.4 (7.3) 35.0 (8.4) 0.21 *comparison between men and women. SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; C-index: conicity index; WC: waist circumference; WHtR: waist‑to- height-ratio; BF%: body fat percentage; PA: phase angle; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction Table 3 – Obesity anthropometric indicators in the study population by sex Variables Men Women Total p-value* n(%) n(%) n (%) BMI Normal weight 13 (38.2) 3 (42.9) 16 (39.0) 0.09 Overweight/obesity 21 (61.8) 4 (57.1) 25 (61.0) C-index Normal 3 (8.8) 0 (0.0) 3 (7.3) 0.4 Increased 31 (91.2) 7 (100.0) 38 (92.7) WC Normal 6 (17.6) 1 (14.3) 7 (17.1) 0.8 Increased 28 (82.4) 6 (85.7) 34 (82.9) WHtR Normal 8 (23.5) 2 (28.6) 10 (24.4) 0.8 Increased 26 (76.5) 5 (71.4) 31 (75.6) BF% Normal 11 (32.3) 2 (28.6) 13 (31.7) 0.8 Obesity 23 (67.7) 5 (71.4) 28 (68.3) *comparison between men and women. BMI: body mass index; C-index: conicity index; WC: waist circumference; WHtR: waist-to-height-ratio; BF%: body fat percentage.