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. 2024 May 2;10:67. doi: 10.1186/s40795-024-00874-6

Table 2.

Mean of BMI by the categories of AAFM among women

Mean SD 95% CI Minimum Maximum
Lower bound Upper bound
Age at first marriage (years) 16.57 2.83 16.50 16.63 10 36
Mean of BMI for each category of AAFM
Child marriage (AAFM < 18 year) (4991(69.0%) 22.46 3.86 22.35 22.57 15.01 39.45
Not-child marriage (AAFM ≥ 18 year) (2244, 31.0%) 23.27 4.19 23.10 23.44 15.12 38.78
T-test value = 6.950 p-value = 0.001
AAFM < 16 (2723, 37.6%) 22.45 3.85 22.35 22.63 15.01 38.14
16 ≤ AAFM ≤ 18 (2268, 31.4%) 22.47 3.88 22.27 22.58 15.01 39.45
AAFM > 18(2244, 30.9% 23.28 4.09 22.68 23.90 15.12 38.78
F-test value = 82.457 p-value = 0.001

N.B: AAFM: Age at first marriage