Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the study participants: reproductive-age New Zealand women (n 125)
| Mean | sd | |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 24·0 | 5·9 |
| Weight (kg) | 65·2 | 12·1 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23·6 | 3·8 |
| n | % | |
| BMI category | ||
| <18·5 kg/m2 | 5 | 4·0 |
| 18·5–24·9 kg/m2 | 86 | 68·8 |
| 25·0–29·9 kg/m2 | 27 | 21·6 |
| ≥30·0 kg/m2 | 7 | 5·6 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| New Zealand European | 94 | 75·2 |
| Māori | 6 | 4·8 |
| Asian* | 8 | 6·4 |
| Others† | 17 | 13·6 |
| Education | ||
| Secondary school or less | 15 | 12·0 |
| Post-secondary education | 91 | 72·8 |
| Advanced degree | 19 | 15·2 |
Values are presented as means and standard deviations or as numbers and percentages.
*Asian in this sample included people of Chinese, Vietnamese and Sri Lankan ancestries.
†Others in this sample included people of Australian, Canadian, American, Irish, Italian, African, Hungarian, Polish and Dutch ancestries.