Table 2.
Frequency distribution of participants according to demographic, socioeconomic, and nutritional characteristics (n=881)
| Characteristics | All* |
|---|---|
| Demographics | |
| Mean age of the participants | 14.8±3.2** |
| Mean age at combined stage C and D | 17.7±2.0** |
| Sex, n (%) | |
| Females | 475 (53.9) |
| Males | 406 (46.1) |
| BMI categories (n=881), n (%) | |
| Thinness | 61 (6.9) |
| Normal | 758 (86.0) |
| Overweight | 62 (7.0) |
| Anthropometric measurements, mean±SD | |
| Height (cm) | 153.6±15.9** |
| Weight (kg) | 47.9±24.2** |
| Socioeconomic status (n=878), n (%)*** | |
| Poor | 354 (40.3) |
| Middle | 173 (19.7) |
| Rich | 351 (40.0) |
| Right mandibular stages of eruption (n=881), n (%) | |
| Stage A | 380 (43.1) |
| Stage B | 169 (19.2) |
| Stage C | 54 (6.1) |
| Stage D | 278 (31.5) |
*The participants constituted the Ugandan adolescent population aged 10-20 years, **Age, height, and weight are represented as mean±SD, ***Three people had missing socioeconomic information. SD: Standard deviation, BMI: Body mass index