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. 2014 Jan 9;13:16. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-16

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population

Total number of individuals 1,874
 
 
  Summer survey I Winter survey II
No of individuals
1,418
436
Sex
 
 
Male
647
178
Female
771
258
Median age (IQR)
24 (9–40)
29 (12–45)
Age groups (years)
Male/female
Male/female
0-7
133/137 (19.0%)
42/45 (20.0%)
8-14
115/133 (17.5%)
20/19 (8.9%)
15-21
57/98 (10.9%)
10/28 (8.7%)
22-50
254/318 (40.3%)
72/127 (45.6%)
>50
88/85 (12.2%)
34/39 (16.7%)
Mean weight kg (range)
39 (5–96)
41 (7–113)
Mean height cm (range)
138 (50–180)
140 (50–190)
Occupations
 
 
None (students, children)
551 (38.9%)
 
Farmer
546 (38.5%)
 
Household
165 (11.6%)
 
Business/service
57 (4.0%)
 
Unemployed/retired
38 (2.7%)
 
Others 61 (4.3%)