Table 1.
Average body weight (in kilograms) of individuals according to their socioeconomic and demographic characteristics.
| Variables | Body weight | Significance | Sample size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | * | ||
| Christian | 50.03 ± 24.62a | 273 | |
| Muslim | 42.90 ± 24.09b | 142 | |
| Animist | 49.00 ± 30.28ab | 4 | |
| Sex | NS | ||
| Male | 46.30 ± 25.84a | 176 | |
| Female | 47.13 ± 24.78a | 257 | |
| Age (years) | *** | ||
| 0–15 | 24.57 ± 13.84b | 191 | |
| 16–45 | 65.28 ± 15.26a | 196 | |
| >45 | 65.18 ± 16.30a | 42 | |
| Household size | NS | ||
| <5 | 49.60 ± 25.93a | 102 | |
| 5–10 | 46.43 ± 24.95a | 289 | |
| >10 | 42.43 ± 24.84a | 42 | |
| Monthly income ($) | *** | ||
| Low (<30) | 35.36 ± 22.02b | 65 | |
| Average (30–120) | 49.83 ± 24.63a | 208 | |
| High (>120) | 50.13 ± 24.58a | 150 | |
| Average weight | 49.28 ± 19.40 | 434 |
The values represent the averages weight of an individual ± SEM. For the same variable, values with different letters of the alphabet in the same column are significantly different (P < 0.05); NS, not significant difference at the 5% level. *P < 0.05; ***P < 0.001. For variables with two modalities, the comparison was made by performing the Mann–Whitney test, but for those with more than two modalities, the one-way analysis of variance followed by the Tukey multiple-comparisons test was performed.