Table 1.
Summary table for demographicsa drawn from a population of young Singapore ethnic Chinese adults recruited from the Singapore/Malaysia Cross-section Genetics Epidemiology Study (SMCGES) cohort
| Demographic factor | Subset evaluated | All participants |
|---|---|---|
| Participants | 1081 (100%) | 3365 (100%) |
| Mean age (years) ± SD | 26.15 ± 8.11 | 26.30 ± 6.92 |
| Mean height (cm) ± SD | 166.03 ± 8.60 | 165.37 ± 8.69 |
| Mean weight (kg) ± SD | 60.96 ± 12.60 | 60.86 ± 13.27 |
| BMI (kg/m2) ± SD | 22.02 ± 3.99 | 22.19 ± 4.93 |
| Male | 420 (38.85%) | 1227 (36.46%) |
| Female | 661 (61.15%) | 2138 (63.54%) |
| Chinese | 1081 (100%) | 2885 (85.74%) |
| Low | 117 (10.82%) | 386 (11.47%) |
| Moderate | 275 (25.44%) | 774 (23.00%) |
| High | 226 (20.91%) | 792 (23.54%) |
| Very high | 446 (41.26%) | 1396 (41.49%) |
| Missing/invalid | 17 (1.57%) | 17 (0.51%) |
| Public housing | 664 (61.42%) | 1794 (53.31%) |
| Condominium/private apartment | 320 (29.60%) | 852 (25.32%) |
| Landed property | 76 (7.03%) | 698 (20.74%) |
| Missing/invalid | 21 (1.94%) | 21 (0.62%) |
Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, SGD Singapore dollars, HDB (public housing) Public housing constructed by the Singapore Housing Development Board, BMI body mass index, cm, centimetres, m2 squared metres, kg kilograms
aThe values after ± are standard deviation values. Missing/Invalid refers to responses that are either left blank or otherwise invalid