approaching marginal significancep = 0.096
Furthermore, individuals in the “Low” MEDAS group had a significantly higher mean BMI (25.3 kg/m 2 ) than both the “Medium” (24.1, g = 0.27, p < 0.001) and “High” (23.3, g = 0.41, p < 0.001) groups, whereas the difference between the Medium and the High groups was smaller ( g = 0.20), although approaching marginal significance ( p = 0.096).