TABLE 1.
Descriptive statistics for female and male participants in the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey1
| Females (n = 732) | Males (n = 916) | Total (n = 1648) | |
| Age (y) | 20.9 ± 0.42 | 20.9 ± 0.3 | 20.9 ± 0.3 |
| Household income, weekly (pesos) | 662.4 ± 1690.0 | 572.4 ± 884.3 | 612.3 ± 1305.2 |
| Highest grade of school completed | 11.2 ± 2.3 | 9.9 ± 3.23 | 10.5 ± 3.1 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 20.3 ± 3.2 | 21.1 ± 3.03 | 20.7 ± 3.2 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 68.0 ± 7.6 | 72.2 ± 7.53 | 70.3 ± 7.8 |
| Sum of 3 skinfold thicknesses (mm) | 62.1 ± 19.7 | 37.7 ± 18.13 | 48.5 ± 22.3 |
| Pathogen exposure scale (0-2) | 0.54 ± 0.39 | 0.55 ± 0.41 | 0.55 ± 0.40 |
| Presence of infections symptoms (%) | 14.6 | 13.6 | 14.1 |
| Current smoker (%)4 | 3.3 | 43.03 | 25.4 |
| Oral contraceptive use (%) | 3.7 | ||
| C-reactive protein (mg/L) | 0.2 (0.1, 0.9)5 | 0.3 (0.1, 0.9) | 0.2 (0.1, 0.9) |
1
Two-sample t tests (continuous variables) and Pearson chi-square tests (categorical variables) were used to evaluate differences between females and males.
2
Mean ± SD (all such values).
3
Significantly different from females, P < 0.0001.
4
Defined as ≥1 cigarette/d.
5
Median; 25th and 75th percentile in parentheses (all such values).