Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the Ghanaian study population

	Males	Females
Individuals, n	480	443
Age, median (IQR) years	67 (58–76)	61 (56–70)
Tribe, %
Bimoba	69.5	68.6
Kusasi	22.5	25.5
Other	8.1	5.9
Household property value, median (IQR) US$	1,008 (500–1,700)	1,196 (583–2,108)
Access to safe drinking water, %	86.7	88.5
Weight, kg	50.6 (7.9)	45.5 (7.6)
Height, cm	167.5 (6.8)	157.9 (6.8)
BMI, kg/m2	18.0 (2.3)	18.2 (2.6)
Handgrip strength, kg	31.3 (8.7)	23.6 (5.9)

Data are presented as means with standard deviations unless specified otherwise.

IQR, interquartile range; BMI, body mass index.