Table 1. Sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics of study participants (N = 1952).
Variable | Frequency (%) | Median (Interquartile range) | |
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Sex | |||
Male | 1043 (53.4) | ||
Female | 909 (46.6) | ||
Age | |||
25–34 years | 684 (35.0) | 40 (30–54) | |
35–44 years | 491 (25.2) | ||
45–54 years | 294 (15.1) | ||
55–64 years | 214 (11.0) | ||
≥65 years | 269 (13.8) | ||
Marital Status | |||
Single | 60 (3.1) | ||
Married | 1659 (85.0) | ||
Divorced | 36 (1.8) | ||
Didowed | 197 (10.1) | ||
Ethnicity | |||
Sidama | 1890 (96.8) | ||
Other | 62 (3.2) | ||
Educational level | |||
Illiterate | 908 (46.5) | ||
Elementary school | 739 (37.9) | ||
Secondary school | 185 (9.5) | ||
Postsecondary education | 120 (6.1) | ||
Family size | |||
Up to 5 members | 646 (33.1) | 6.7 (2.9)¥ | |
Greater than 5 members | 1306 (66.9) | ||
Family income | |||
500 birr or less | 1138 (58.3) | 475 (200–1000) | |
Greater than 500 birr | 814 (41.7) | ||
Body mass index | |||
Overweight & obese | 156 (8.0) | ||
Normal | 1545 (79.1) | 20.93 (2.99)¥ | |
Underweight | 251 (12.9) | ||
Waist-to-Height Ratio | |||
High | 612 (31.4) | 0.48 (0.05)¥ | |
Normal | 1340 (68.6) | ||
Family hypertension | |||
Yes | 131 (6.7) | ||
No | 1821 (93.3) |
¥Mean (Standard Deviation)