Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants by gender
| Women(n = 955) N (%) |
Men (n = 145) N (%) |
Total (n = 1100) N (%) |
P-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||||
| 20–34 | 402 (42.5) | 76 (52.4) | 478 (43.5) | 0.015 |
| 35–49 | 290 (30.4) | 28 (19.3) | 318 (28.9) | |
| 50–69 | 263 (27.5) | 41 (28.3) | 304 (27.6) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Never married | 165 (17.2) | 60 (41.4) | 224 (20.4) | < 0.001 |
| Currently married | 749 (78.4) | 82 (56.6) | 831 (75.5) | |
| Divorced | 359 (3.7) | 2 (1.4) | 37 (3.4) | |
| Widowed | 6 (0.6) | 1 (0.7) | 0.6 (7) | |
| Education | ||||
| No education | 634 (66.4) | 46 (31.7) | 680 (61.8) | < 0.001 |
| Primary education | 185 (19.4) | 23 (15.9) | 208 (18.9) | |
| Secondary education | 74 (7.7) | 31 (21.4) | 105 (9.5) | |
| University education | 62 (6.5) | 45 (31.0) | 107 (9.7) | |
| Fruit consumption | ||||
| No servings/day | 240 (25.1) | 24 (16.6) | 264 (24.0) | 0.083 |
| 1 servings/day | 695 (72.8) | 116 (80.0) | 811 (73.7) | |
| 2 servings/day | 8 (0.8) | 3 (2.1) | 11 (1.0) | |
| 3 servings/day | 12 (1.3) | 2 (1.4) | 14 (1.3) | |
| Vegetable consumption | ||||
| No servings/day | 270 (28.3) | 36 (24.8) | 306 (27.8) | 0.095 |
| 1 servings/day | 669 (70.1) | 105 (72.4) | 774 (70.4) | |
| 2 servings/day | 4 (0.4) | 3 (2.1) | 7 (0.6) | |
| 3 servings/day | 12 (1.3) | 1 (0.7) | 13 (1.2) | |
| Fruit and vegetables consumption | ||||
| < 3 servings/day | 930 (97.4) | 138 (95.2) | 1068 (97.1) | 0.140 |
| > 3 servings/day | 25 (2.6) | 7 (4.8) | 32 (2.9) | |
| Physical activity, MET-min | ||||
| > 600 | 176 (18.5) | 60 (42.0) | 236 (21.6) | < 0.001 |
| < 600 | 775 (81.5) | 83 (58.0) | 858 (78.4) | |
| Salta | ||||
| Often/always | 171 (17.9) | 32 (22.1) | 203 (18.5) | 0.233 |
| Others (never & rarely) | 782 (82.1) | 113 (77.9) | 895 (81.5) | |
| Current smoker | ||||
| Yes | – | 39 (26.9) | 39 (3.5) | < 0.001 |
| No | 955 (100) | 93 (73.1) | 1045 (96.5) | |
| Current khat chewers | ||||
| Yes | 3 (0.3) | 53 (36.6) | 56 (5.1) | < 0.001 |
| No | 948 (99.7) | 92 (63.4) | 1040 (94.9) | |
* P-value of the X2 test for differences between women and men. aCombined all types of salt intake (added salt, salt sauces and processed food high in salt)