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. 2023 Jun 6;24:157. doi: 10.1186/s12882-023-03213-2

Table 2.

Sociodemographics and anthropometrics of study participants, n = 782

Variable n %
Sex
 Female 392 50.1
 Male 390 49.9
Sublocation
 Tonde 233 29.8
 Muhoroni East 260 33.2
 Owaga 289 37.0
Age
 18 – 29 years 243 31.1
 30 – 39 years 252 32.2
 40 – 49 years 170 21.7
 50 – 59 years 117 15.0
Level of education
 Did not attend school 10 1.3
 Some primary school 175 22.4
 Completed primary school 207 26.5
 Some secondary school 117 15.0
 Completed secondary school 158 20.2
 Some undergraduate school 80 10.2
 Completed undergraduate school 29 3.7
 Postgraduate education 6 0.8
Body Mass Index (BMI) (kg/m2)
 Underweight (≤ 18.5) 46 5.9
 Normal (> 18.5 to ≤ 25) 475 60.7
 Overweight (> 25 to ≤ 30) 178 22.8
 Obese (> 30) 83 10.6
Health habits
 Smoker and/or alcohol drinker 167 21.4
 Non-smoker and non-alcohol drinker 615 78.6
Self-reported HIV
 Yes 125 16.0
 No 657 84.0
Blood pressure and antihypertensive medications
  ≥ 140 or ≥ 90 or on antihypertensive medications 111 14.2
  < 140 and < 90 and not on antihypertensive medications 671 85.8
Physician diagnosed diabetes or on medication for diabetes
 Yes 8 1.0
 No 774 99.0
Proteinuria
 Negative, Trace or 1 +  717 91.7
 2 + or 3 +  5 0.6
 Missing 60 7.7