Table 1.
Selected characteristics of the study sample by gender: National Survey of Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases, Argentina, 2005 and 2009*
| Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2009 | 2005 | 2009 | |||||
| n, mean or median | %, se or IQR | n, mean or median | %, se or IQR | n, mean or median | %, se or IQR | n, mean or median | %, se or IQR | |
| Total number | 16 886 | – | 14 331 | – | 21 008 | – | 18 080 | – |
| Age (years), mean and se | 42·8 | 0·31 | 42·8 | 0·25 | 43·6 | 0·28 | 44·1 | 0·21 |
| Education, n (%) | ||||||||
| Primary incomplete | 2110 | 10·7 | 1719 | 9·4 | 2586 | 11·2 | 2103 | 10·3 |
| Primary complete/secondary incomplete | 7135 | 45·1 | 6023 | 41·7 | 7866 | 40·7 | 6706 | 37·3 |
| Secondary complete/university or tertiary incomplete | 5655 | 33·4 | 4837 | 36·2 | 7098 | 33·3 | 6100 | 34·9 |
| University or tertiary complete | 1986 | 10·8 | 1752 | 12·7 | 3458 | 14·8 | 3171 | 17·4 |
| Per capita GDP (Argentine pesos) | ||||||||
| Mean and se | 14 201 | 119·3 | 29 173 | 307·9 | 14 619 | 116·2 | 29 584 | 285·5 |
| Median and IQR | 11 494 | 2494 | 23 523 | 3752 | 11 542 | 2404 | 23 531 | 3597 |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean and se | 26·1 | 0·1 | 26·7 | 0·1 | 24·8 | 0·1 | 25·4 | 0·1 |
| Overweight, n (%)† | 7195 | 41·9 | 6308 | 43·2 | 5851 | 26·9 | 5374 | 28·1 |
| Obesity, n (%)† | 2874 | 15·4 | 2859 | 19·1 | 3119 | 13·9 | 3153 | 17·1 |
IQR, interquartile range.
*
Percentages, means and medians were survey weighted.
†
Overweight classified as BMI=25·0–29·9 kg/m2 and obesity classified as BMI ≥30·0 kg/m2.