TABLE 2.
Summary table for demographics * drawn from a population of young Singapore ethnic Chinese adults recruited from the Singapore/Malaysia Cross‐sectional Genetics Epidemiology Study (SMCGES) cohort.
| Demographic factor | Summary |
|---|---|
| Participants | 1081 (100%) |
| Mean age (years) ± SD | 26.15 ± 8.11 |
| Mean height (cm) ± SD | 166.03 ± 8.60 |
| Mean weight (kg) ± SD | 60.96 ± 12.60 |
| Age range (years) | 18 to 73 |
| BMI (kg/m2) ± SD | 22.02 ± 3.99 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 420 (38.85%) |
| Female | 661 (61.15%) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Chinese | 1081 (100%) |
| Total monthly family income per capita | |
| <SGD2,000 | 117 (10.82%) |
| SGD2,000 to <SGD4,000 | 275 (25.44%) |
| SGD 4,000 to <SGD6,000 | 226 (20.91%) |
| ≥SGD 6,000 | 446 (41.26%) |
| Missing/Invalid | 17 (1.57%) |
| Housing | |
| HDB (public housing) | 664 (61.42%) |
| Condominium/private apartment | 320 (29.60%) |
| Landed property | 76 (7.03%) |
| Missing/invalid | 21 (1.94%) |
*
The values after ± are standard deviation values. Missing/Invalid refers to responses that are either left blank or otherwise invalid.
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; cm, centimetres; HDB (Public housing), Public housing constructed by the Singapore Housing Development Board; kg, kilograms; m2, squared metres; SD, Standard deviation; SGD, Singapore dollars.