Table 1.
Respondents’ characteristics and body mass index status by country
| Characteristics | Rural Uganda | Peri-Urban Uganda | Tanzania | Nigeria | South Africa | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 100 (50) | 158 (53) | 192 (83) | 133 (67) | 344 (70) | 927 (65) |
| Male | 100 (50) | 139 (47) | 35 (17) | 67 (34) | 145 (30) | 489 (35) |
| Age, years | ||||||
| 18–34 | 88 (46) | 141 (58) | 57 (27) | 73 (45) | 43 (9) | 402 (31) |
| 35–44 | 62 (33) | 47 (19) | 75 (36) | 55 (33) | 167 (34) | 406 (31) |
| > = 45 | 41(21) | 55 (23) | 77 (37) | 36(22) | 276(57) | 485 (38) |
| Range | 19–65 | 18–80 | 25–60 | 23–57 | 22–71 | 18–80 |
| Mean (SD) Age | 37 (11) | 36 (14) | 42 (9) | 38 (8) | 46 (9) | 41 (11) |
| Education | ||||||
| Low education | 198 (99) | 201 (72) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 399 (31) |
| High education | 2 (1) | 77 (28) | 223 (100) | 161(100) | 429 (100) | 892 (69) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Never married | 9 (5) | 72 (24) | 27 (12) | 60 (32) | 75 (16) | 243 (18) |
| Married/living together | 173 (87) | 179 (61) | 174 (77) | 121 (64) | 329 (69) | 976 (70) |
| Separated, divorced, widowed, other | 18 (9) | 44 (15) | 26 (11) | 7 (4) | 71 (15) | 166 (12) |
| Cigarette smoking | ||||||
| Ever smoked | 25 (13) | 19 (6) | 3 (1) | 6 (3) | 85 (19) | 138 (10) |
| Never smoked | 175 (87) | 277 (94) | 225 (99) | 188 (97) | 370 (81) | 1235 (90) |
| Number of Cigarette in past 24 h | ||||||
| <= 19 | 22 (88) | 19 (100) | 3 (100) | 6 (100) | 65(76) | 115 (84) |
| > = 20 | 3 (12) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 (24) | 23 (16) |
| Wealth status | ||||||
| High | 0 | 5 (2) | 0 | 77 (39) | 440 (90) | 522 (37) |
| Middle | 56 (28) | 180 (61) | 150 (66) | 107 (54) | 49 (10) | 542 (38) |
| Low | 144 (72) | 112 (38) | 79 (35) | 16 (8) | 0 | 351 (25) |
| Body mass index (Kg/M2) | ||||||
| Underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2) | 4 (2) | 17 (6) | 1 (<1) | 1 (<1) | 1 (<1) | 24 (2) |
| Normal (BMI 18.5–24.9 Kg/m2) | 86 (52) | 161 (56) | 42 (25) | 37 (32) | 70 (15) | 396 (33) |
| Overweight (BMI 25–29.9 Kg/m2) | 59 (36) | 69 (24) | 58 (35) | 43 (37) | 145 (31) | 374 (31) |
| Obese (BMI ≥30 Kg/m2) | 16 (10) | 40 (14) | 67 (40) | 36 (31) | 255 (54) | 414 (34) |
| Range (BMI) | 15–43 | 17–42 | 17–45 | 18–40 | 18–66 | 15–66 |
| Mean (SD) BMI | 25 (4) | 25 (5) | 29 (5) | 28 (5.2) | 32 (7) | 28 (7) |