Table 1. Descriptive statistics for the Tsimane after exclusion (ages 20–69).
Variables | Tsimane Females | Tsimane Males | ||
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Mean (and S.D.) or Percent | n | Mean (and S.D.) or Percent | n | |
Age | 41.3 (14.3) | 203 | 43.6 (15.2) | 280 |
Body weight (kg) | 53.4 (9.3) | 203 | 62.4 (7.4) | 280 |
FFM (kg) | 39.7 (4.3) | 203 | 52.0 (5.8) | 280 |
Perc. FFM | 0.75 (0.08) | 203 | 0.84 (0.05) | 280 |
Distance to town in 10 km | 4.4 (2.4) | 196 | 4.2 (2.4) | 273 |
Hemoglobin | 12.9 (1.4) | 117 | 14.3 (1.2) | 157 |
Arthritis | 11% | 133 | 4% | 185 |
Helminths | 51% | 92 | 58% | 128 |
Giardia | 38% | 92 | 40% | 128 |
Nonarthritic Pain | 54% | 133 | 75% | 138 |
Respiratory Ailments | 27% | 133 | 15% | 185 |
Spanish-speaking Ability | 17% | 271 | 42% | 271 |
Pregnant | 3% | 203 | – | – |
Two-level factors are reported as percentage of the subsample with a given ailment.