Table 1.
Baseline clinical characteristics (n=1500).
| Demographic and clinical information | Values | ||
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 35 (13) | ||
| Gender, male, n (%) | 960 (64.00) | ||
| Home region, n (%) | |||
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Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region | 1439 (95.93) | |
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Omoria | 30 (2.00) | |
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Amhara | 11 (0.73) | |
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Other regions (including Somalia, B-Gumuz, Addis Ababa, Harar) | 19 (1.27) | |
| Religion, n (%) | |||
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Orthodox | 416 (27.73) | |
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Protestant | 988 (65.87) | |
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Muslim | 70 (4.67) | |
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Other or no religion | 22 (1.47) | |
| Education, n (%) | |||
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Illiterate | 55 (3.67) | |
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Primary level school | 137 (9.13) | |
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Secondary level school | 599 (39.93) | |
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Certificate, diploma, or higher | 707 (47.13) | |
| Occupation, n (%) | |||
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Unemployed | 175 (11.67) | |
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Employed | 682 (45.47) | |
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Self-employed | 344 (22.93) | |
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Others including student and retired | 297 (19.80) | |
| Clinical, mean (SD) | |||
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Height (cm) | 167.7 (8.6) | |
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Weight (kg) | 67.1 (13.3) | |
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Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 124.0 (17.7) | |
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Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 76.5 (11.7) | |
| Clinical, n (%) | |||
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Hypertension | 104 (6.93) | |
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Diabetes mellitus | 34 (2.27) | |
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Congestive cardiac failure | 20 (1.33) | |
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Stroke | 3 (0.20) | |
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Coronary artery disease | 2 (0.13) | |
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Peripheral artery disease | 0 (0.00) | |
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Chronic lung disease | 16 (1.07) | |
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Chronic renal disease | 5 (0.33) | |
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Valvular heart disease | 11 (0.73) | |
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Obstructive sleep apnea | 2 (0.13) | |
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Thyroid disease | 21 (1.40) | |
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Smoker | 5 (0.33) | |
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Khat/alcohol use | 14 (0.93) | |
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Infectious disease | 288 (19.20) | |