Table 1.
Sociodemographic and body composition evaluated by gender in urban and rural teachers in the Valparaíso region, Chile.
| Total sample | Urban (n = 82) | Rural (n = 71) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | p | Male (n = 25) | Female (n = 57) | p | Male (n = 19) | Female (n = 52) | p | |
| Age (years)a | 39.95 ± 14.28 | 38.12 ± 10.44 | 0.963d | 37.24 ± 13.33 | 36.49 ± 9.61 | 0.586d | 49.52 ± 15.05 | 39.90 ± 11.10 | 0.487d |
| ≤44b | 29 (65.9) | 79 (72.5) | 0.420f | 19 (76.0) | 46 (80.7) | 0.629f | 10 (52.6) | 33 (62.3) | 0.408f |
| ≥45b | 15 (34.1) | 30 (27.5) | 6 (24.0) | 11 (19.3) | 9 (47.4) | 19 (35.5) | |||
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Singleb | 20 (45.5) | 51 (47.2) | 0.183g | 15 (60.0) | 31 (54.4) | 0.131g | 5 (26.3) | 20 (39.2) | 0.603fg |
| Coupleb | 8 (18.2) | 9 (8.3) | 5 (20.0) | 5 (8.8) | 3 (15.8) | 4 (7.8) | |||
| Marriedb | 14 (31.8) | 35 (32.4) | 5 (20.0) | 13 (22.8) | 9 (47.4) | 22 (43.1) | |||
| DWWb | 2 (4.5) | 13 (12.0) | 0 (0) | 8 (14.0) | 2 (10.5) | 5 (9.8) | |||
| Type of contract | |||||||||
| Fixed-termb | 24 (58.5) | 48(44.9) | 0.136f | 16 (69.6) | 36 (64.3) | 0.653f | 8 (44.4) | 12 (23.5) | 0.093f |
| Indefinite-termb | 17 (41.5) | 59 (55.1) | 7 (30.4) | 20 (35.7) | 10 (55.6) | 39 (76,5) | |||
| Domestic work | |||||||||
| <15b | 41 (93.2) | 91 (85.0) | 0.279g | 22 (88.0) | 50 (89.3) | 0.999g | 19 (100) | 41 (80.4) | 0.037g |
| ≥15b | 3 (6.8) | 16 (15.0) | 3 (12.0) | 6 (10.7) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (19.6) | |||
| Heighta | 173.05 ± 6.12 | 158.96 ± 5.92 | <0.001e | 175.32 ± 5.77 | 159.70 ± 6.06 | <0.001e | 170.05 ± 5.33 | 158.15 ± 5.71 | <0.001e |
| Weighta | 79.361 ± 10.91 | 68.190 ± 13.36 | <0.001d | 80.804 ± 11.64 | 66.451 ± 13.07 | <0.001e | 77.463 ± 9.86 | 70.096 ± 13.55 | <0.008c |
| BMI (kg/m2)a | 26.523 ± 3.60 | 26.942 ± 4.55 | 0.618d | 26.288 ± 3.65 | 26.205 ± 4.16 | 0.932e | 26.832 ± 3.62 | 27.750 ± 4.85 | 0.475d |
| Eutropicb | 16 (36.4) | 41 (37.6) | 0.309f | 10 (40.0) | 25 (43.9) | 0.945g | 6 (31.6) | 16 (30.8) | 0.262g |
| Overweightb | 23 (52.3) | 45 (41.3) | 12 (48.0) | 24 (42.1) | 11 (57.9) | 21 (40.4) | |||
| Obeseb | 5 (11.4) | 23 (21.1) | 3 (12.0) | 8 (14.0) | 2 (10.5) | 15 (28.8) | |||
| FM (kg)a, c | 18.839 ± 7.47 | 23.809 ± 9.46 | 0.001d | 17.420 ± 6.95 | 21.519 ± 8.39 | 0.035e | 20.705 ± 7.89 | 26.319 ± 9.99 | 0.022d |
| FM (%)a, c | 23.155 ± 6.90 | 33.570 ± 7.48 | <0.001e | 20.900 ± 5.837 | 31.011 ± 7.02 | <0.001e | 26.121 ± 7.21 | 36.375 ± 7.02 | <0.001e |
| Normalb | 30 (68.2) | 63 (57.8) | 0.234f | 19 (76.0) | 40 (70.2) | 0.589f | 11 (57.9) | 23 (42.2) | 0.308f |
| Obeseb | 14 (31.8) | 46 (42.2) | 6 (24.0) | 17 (29.8) | 8 (42.1) | 29 (55.8) | |||
| FFM (kg)a, c | 60.522 ± 6.43 | 44.700 ± 4.72 | <0.001d | 63.348 ± 5.89 | 45.505 ± 5.409 | <0.001e | 56.757 ± 5.10 | 43.818 ± 4.21 | <0.001e |
| FFM (%)a, c | 76.167 ± 8.28 | 66.474 ± 7.42 | <0.001d | 79.104 ± 5.83 | 68.989 ± 7.02 | <0.001e | 72.303 ± 9.52 | 63.717 ± 6.91 | <0.001e |
| MM (kg)a, c | 57.470 ± 6.10 | 42.381 ± 4.47 | <0.001d | 60.220 ± 5.62 | 43.135 ± 4.79 | <0.001d | 53.853 ± 4.77 | 41.554 ± 3.97 | <0.001e |
| MM (%)a, c | 72.973 ± 6.56 | 63.480 ± 8.41 | <0.001d | 75.152 ± 5.53 | 66.280 ± 8.94 | <0.001d | 70.105 ± 6.85 | 60.410 ± 6.61 | <0.001e |
BMI, body mass index; ≤44 to ≥45, age categories (years); DWW, divorced, widow, widower; BMI, body mass index; FM, fat mass (kg and %); FFM, free-fat mass (kg and %); MM, muscle mass (kg and %); Domestic work, <15 to >15 (hours per week).
a
Mean ± SD, standard deviation.
b
Data are expressed as frequency (percentage).
c
Body components evaluated by bioimpedance (TANITA BC 240 SMA, Tanita, Tokyo, Japan).
d
Mann–Whitney test.
e
t-test.
f
Chi-squared.
g
Fisher's exact test. p < 0.05.