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. 2016 Nov 22;1:e20. doi: 10.1017/gheg.2016.17

Table 5.

Self-reported ethnic distribution of AWI-Gen participants across the six study centres

South Africa Burkina Faso Ghana Kenya
Ethnicity Agincourt Dikgale Sowetoa Total Ethnicity Nanoro Ethnicty Navrongo Ethnicity Nairobi
Tsonga 1244 57 138 1439 Mossi 1937 Kassena 1009 Kikuyu 698
BaPedi 31 1204 121 1356 Gourounsi 109 Nankana 876 Kamba 384
Zulu 33 12 674 719 Peulh 14 Bulsa 43 Luo 359
Sotho 69 11 327 407 Dagara 2 Mampruga 23 Luhya 316
Tswana 1 16 258 275 Dioula 3 Frafra 21 Kisii 62
Xhosa 2 6 191 199 Samo 3 Kantosi 7 Somali 51
Swati 56 2 63 121 Gourmatche 2 Mossi 3 Meru 30
Venda 5 26 63 94 Otherb 5 Otherb 4 Embu 21
Ndebele 2 17 21 40 Unknownc 4 Unknownc 2 Borana 8
Otherb 1 3 12 16 Gari 3
Unknownc 21 3 158 182 Kalenjin 3
Maasai 2
Otherb 5
Total 1465 1357 2026 4848 Total 2079 1988 1942
a

In Soweto, language was used as a proxy for self-reported ethnicity.

b

The category ‘other’ was used when there were only one or two individuals in a specific ethic category.

c

The category ‘unknown’ was used when the person did not provide information on ethnicity.