Table 1.
Background characteristics of Bangladeshi adult participants (n=6189)
| Characteristics | Total (n=6189) | Men (n=2824) | Women (n=3365) | |||
| Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | |
| Age (years) | 52.9 (9.9) | |
53.5 (10.1) | |
52.5 (9.8) | |
| Education (years) | 3.1 (4.2) | |
4.3 (4.8) | |
2.1 (3.3) | |
| Area of residence | |
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| Urban | 1873 (30.2) | 808 (28.6) | 1065 (31.6) | |||
| Rural | 4316 (69.8) | 2016 (71.4) | 2300 (68.4) | |||
| Occupation | |
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| Professional employment* | 1007 (16.3) | 880 (31.3) | 127 (3.8) | |||
| Industrial worker/day labourer | 1600 (25.9) | 1440 (51.2) | 160 (4.8) | |||
| Housework | 2697 (43.7) | – | 2697 (80.3) | |||
| Unemployed/retired | 735 (11.9) | 386 (13.7) | 349 (10.4) | |||
| Other† | 131 (2.1) | 106 (3.8) | 25 (0.7) | |||
| Smoking tobacco use‡ | |
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| Current user | 1493 (24.2) | 1432 (50.7) | 61 (1.8) | |||
| Ever user | 2261 (36.5) | 2150 (76.1) | 111 (3.3) | |||
| Smokeless tobacco use§ | |
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| Current user | 3078 (49.7) | 1208 (42.8) | 1870 (55.6) | |||
| Ever user | 3469 (56.1) | 1433 (50.7) | 2046 (60.5) | |||
| Alcohol use in the last 30 days | |
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| Yes | 75 (1.2) | 68 (2.4) | 7 (0.2) | |||
| Body mass index¶ | 21.9 (4.1) | |
21.4 (3.7) |
22.3 (4.4) |
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| Waist circumference** (cm) | 82.4 (13.3) | |
81.8 (10.5) |
82.8 (15.2) |
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| Blood pressure | |
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| Systolic blood pressure†† (mm Hg) | 119.7 (15.2) | |
119.8 (14.9) |
119.7 (15.5) |
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| Diastolic blood pressure‡‡ (mm Hg) | 80.3 (9.5) | |
80.2 (9.4) |
80.3 (9.7) |
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| Blood glucose levels§§ (mmol/L) | 6.9 (3.0) | |
6.9 (3.0) | 6.9 (2.9) | ||
*Professional occupation includes: government employee, private company employee, businessman.
†Other occupation includes: shopkeeper, weavers, driver, student, beggar, cook, carpenter and tailor.
‡Excluding smokeless tobacco|missing values, n=18; men, n=11; women, n=7.
§Smokeless tobacco use includes jorda, white leaf (shaada pata), gul and so on.
¶Body mass index calculated by weight in kilogram divided by height in metre squared
**Missing values, n = 58; Male, n = 25; Female, n = 33
†† Missing values, n = 22; Male, n = 13; Female, n = 9
‡‡Missing values, n = 25; Male, n = 15; Female, n = 10
§§Missing values, n = 84; Male, n = 36; Female, n = 48
CM, Centimeters; mmHg, Millimeter of mercury; SD, Standard Deviation.