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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 25.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hum Biol. 2013 Sep 10;25(6):756–769. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22445

Table 1. Descriptive statistics for the Tsimane after exclusion (ages 20–69).

Variables Tsimane Females Tsimane Males


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.