Table 1. Demographic and anthropomatic characteristics of the sample.
| Dakar | Tessekere | ||||||||
| Characteristics | Total (n = 984) | Male (n = 494) | Female (n = 490) | p-value | Total (n = 496) | Male (n = 241) | Female (n = 255) | p-value | |
| Age (years) | 35.70 ± 13.16 | 35.89 ± 13.27 | 35.51 ± 13.07 | 0.652 | 37.33 ± 15.25 | 37.26 ± 15.45 | 37.40 ± 15.08 | 0.917 | |
| Height (cm) | 172.56 ± 9.87 | 178.96 ± 8.07 | 166.11 ± 6.88 | < 0.001 | 169.63 ± 10.38 | 175.85 ± 8.09 | 163.75 ± 8.77 | < 0.001 | |
| Weight (kg) | 69.28 ± 14.44 | 70.21 ± 16.67 | 68.34 ± 16.00 | 0.043 | 60.25 ± 12.32 | 62.38 ± 11.26 | 58.23 ± 12.96 | < 0.001 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.33 ± 4.89 | 21.91 ± 3.54 | 24.76 ± 5.59 | < 0.001 | 20.97 ± 4.07 | 20.15 ± 3.24 | 21.74 ± 4.60 | < 0.001 | |
| General obesity, n (%) | 95 (9.7) | 14 (2.8) | 81 (16.5) | < 0.001 | 14 (2.8) | 2 (0.8) | 12 (4.7) | 0.009 | |
| WC (cm) | 84.31 ± 13.02 | 81.51 ± 10.65 | 87.14 ± 14.51 | < 0.001 | 77.25 ± 10.59 | 76.13 ± 9.31 | 78.32 ± 11.59 | 0.021 | |
| Central obesity by WC, n (%) | 256 (26) | 21 (4.3) | 235 (48) | < 0.001 | 59 (11.9) | 3 (1.2) | 56 (22.?) | < 0.001 | |
| WHR | 0.836 ± 0.081 | 0.837 ± 0.069 | 0.834 ± 0.092 | 0.579 | 0.839 ± 0.079 | 0.847 ± 0.075 | 0.831 ± 0.082 | 0.019 | |
| Central obesity by WHR, n (%) | 393 (39.9) | 83 (16.8) | 310 (63.3) | < 0.001 | 117 (23.6) | 17 (7.1) | 100 (39.2) | < 0.001 | |
| Educational level (Dakar/Tessekere), n (%) | 0.006 | ||||||||
| None/none | 208 (21.1) | 84 (27) | 124 (25.3) | 373 (75.2) | 168 (69.7) | 205 (80.4) | |||
| Primary/1 year or + | 348 (35.5) | 163 (33) | 185 (37.8) | 123 (24.8) | 73 (30.3) | 50 (19.6) | |||
| Intermediate | 197 (20) | 109 (22.1) | 88 (18) | ||||||
| Secondary | 91 (9.2) | 51 (10.3) | 40 (8.2) | ||||||
| University | 140 (14.2) | 87 (17.6) | 53 (10.8) | ||||||
BMI: body mass index, WC: waist circumference, WHR: waist–hip ratio.