Table 1.
Weighted study population characteristics
| Remoteness category | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study population (n 2053) | Borbón (n 481) | Close (n 652) | Medium (n 347) | Far (n 573) | |||||||
| Covariate | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P-value for difference |
| Age (years) | 40·5 | 15·8 | 38·7 | 14·1 | 40·5 | 15·8 | 42·4 | 17·7 | 41·2 | 16·0 | 0·0273 |
| Female, % | 60·3 | 65·9 | 60·0 | 53·4 | 59·3 | 0·0222 | |||||
| Afro-Ecuadorian, % | 81·6 | 61·1 | 86·2 | 83·6 | 97·9 | < 0·0001 | |||||
| Education (years), sd | 5·4 | 3·9 | 7·1 | 4·1 | 5·3 | 3·8 | 4·2 | 3·4 | 4·8 | 3·6 | < 0·0001 |
| Asset score | 12·3 | 4·7 | 9·4 | 3·8 | 12·8 | 4·1 | 13·8 | 4·8 | 13·8 | 4·7 | < 0·0001 |
| Building material score | 3·8 | 0·6 | 4·1 | 0·4 | 3·9 | 0·6 | 3·8 | 0·6 | 3·7 | 0·7 | < 0·0001 |
| HH engaged in agriculture, % | 69·2 | 16·9 | 70·1 | 88·9 | 90·9 | < 0·0001 | |||||
| Men | n 818 | n 170 | n 261 | n 153 | n 234 | ||||||
| Urban occupation, % | 18·4 | 51·3 | 12·3 | 6·3 % | 9·1 % | < 0·0001 | |||||
| Rural occupation, % | 61·5 | 14·8 | 70·0 | 82·3 | 72·4 | < 0·0001 | |||||
| Height (cm), sd | 167·6 | 11·6 | 167·3 | 8·8 | 166·2 | 13·9 | 167·0 | 13·9 | 169·8 | 7·3 | 0·0029 |
| Weight (kg), sd | 69·0 | 11·3 | 70·9 | 12·9 | 69·8 | 11·2 | 65·8 | 11·1 | 68·5 | 9·6 | 0·0058 |
| BMI, sd | 24·5 | 4·1 | 25·3 | 4·1 | 25·3 | 5·0 | 23·3 | 3·4 | 23·8 | 3·0 | < 0·0001 |
| Underweight, % | 2·8 | 2·7 | 2·6 | 5·1 | 1·4 | < 0·0001 | |||||
| Normal, % | 61·1 | 50·6 | 55·6 | 67·8 | 71·5 | 0·0004 | |||||
| OW, % | 26·8 | 30·3 | 30·7 | 21·1 | 23·3 | < 0·0001 | |||||
| OB, % | 9·3 | 16·4 | 11·1 | 6·0 | 3·7 | < 0·0001 | |||||
| Women | n 1235 | n 311 | n 391 | n 194 | n 339 | ||||||
| Urban occupation, % | 10·7 | 23·3 | 9·7 | 4·6 | 3·3 | < 0·0001 | |||||
| Rural occupation, % | 4·1 | 2·4 | 4·8 | 5·3 | 4·4 | 0·4294 | |||||
| Height (m) | 156·5 | 9·5 | 154·9 | 8·6 | 156·2 | 10·6 | 156·2 | 11·6 | 158·5 | 7·1 | < 0·0001 |
| Weight (kg) | 68·0 | 15·0 | 66·0 | 13·5 | 69·3 | 16·0 | 68·1 | 16·1 | 68·5 | 14·4 | 0·0876 |
| BMI | 27·5 | 5·5 | 27·3 | 5·3 | 28·0 | 5·8 | 28·9 | 5·9 | 27·1 | 4·9 | 0·2241 |
| Underweight, % | 3·1 | 3·6 | 3·0 | 3·8 | 2·2 | < 0·0001 | |||||
| Normal, % | 30·9 | 32·2 | 30·0 | 27·5 | 32·2 | 0·7415 | |||||
| OW, % | 36·6 | 39·4 | 30·4 | 40·6 | 38·9 | 0·0785 | |||||
| OB, % | 29·5 | 24·6 | 36·6 | 28·0 | 26·8 | 0·0214 | |||||
OW, overweight; OB, obesity.