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. 2014 Dec 2;2014:145182. doi: 10.1155/2014/145182

Table 2.

Sociodemographic and anthropometric profile of participants.

Characteristics All (n = 215) Men (n = 75) Women (n = 140 )
Number (percentage) Number (percentage) Number (percentage)
(1) Age in years
 20–29 49 (22.8) 18 (24.0) 31 (22.1)
 30–39 75 (34.9) 21 (28.0) 54 (38.6)
 ≥40 91 (42.3) 36 (48.0) 55 (39.3)
(2) Marital status
 Single 114 (53.3) 40 (53.3) 75 (53.6)
 Married 93 (43.4) 34 (45.3) 59 (42.1)
 Divorced/widowed/separated 7 (3.3) 1 (1.4) 6 (4.3)
(3) Educational level
 Diploma 30 (14.0) 14 (18.7) 16 (11.4)
 Bachelor degree 122 (56.7) 43 (57.3) 79 (56.4)
 Master degree or higher 63 (29.3) 18 (24.0) 45 (32.2)
(4) Monthly income (baht)
 Less than 20,000 77 (35.8) 20 (26.7) 57 (40.7)
 20,000–29,999 61 (28.4) 23 (30.7) 38 (27.1)
 30,000–39,000 33 (15.3) 8 (10.6) 25 (17.9)
 ≥40,000 44 (20.5) 24 (32.0) 20 (14.3)
(5) Smoking
 Never smokers 194 (90.2) 55 (73.3) 139 (99.3)
 Former smokers 7 (3.3) 6 (8.0) 1 (0.7)
 Current smokers 14 (6.5) 14 (18.7) 0 (0.0)
 Occasional smokers 14 (100.0) 14 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
(6) Alcohol users
 Lifetime abstainers 60 (27.9) 13 (17.3) 47 (33.6)
 Former drinkers 40 (18.6) 11 (14.7) 29 (20.7)
 Current alcohol users 115 (53.5) 51 (68.0) 64 (45.7)
 Occasional drinkers 115 (100.0) 51 (100.0) 64 (100.0)
(7) Nutritional status classification
 Body mass index (BMI)
  Underweight 21 (9.8) 0 (0.0) 21 (15.0)
  Normal weight 96 (44.6) 27 (36.0) 69 (49.3)
  Overweight/obesea 98 (45.6) 48 (64.0) 50 (35.7)
 Percent body fat (%BF)
  Normal range 104 (74.3) 37 (49.3) 104 (74.3)
  High rangeb 36 (25.7) 38 (50.7) 36 (25.7)
 Waist circumference (WC)
  Normal waist 140 (65.1) 48 (64.0) 92 (65.7)
  Abdominal obesityc 75 (34.9) 27 (36.0) 48 (34.3)
(8) Sitting time at work (hour/day)
 Mean ± SD 6.0 ± 1.1 5.7 ± 1.1 6.1 ± 1.1
(9) Leisure time energy expenditure (kcal/day)
 Mean ± SD 124.9 ± 119.8 157.4 ± 138.6 107.5 ± 104.8
(10) Basal metabolic rate (BMR) (kcal)
 Mean ± SD 1,323.8 ± 207.2 1,552.1 ± 143.0 1,201.5 ± 111.5
(11) Total energy intake: basal metabolic rate (EI: BMR)
 Mean ± SD 1.1 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.2 1.2 ± 0.2

aOverweight/obese: BMI ≥ 23 kg/m2 (Asian definition).

bHigh range: males of ages 20–29 > 20%, ages 30–50 > 25%; females of ages 20–29 > 24%, ages 30–50 > 35%.

cAbdominal obesity: males ≥ 90 cm; females ≥ 80 cm (Asian definition).