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. 2022 Apr 8;22:688. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13047-6

Table 2.

Basic characteristics related to famine exposure for the sex-stratified sample (n = 4,130)

Male (N = 2,059) Female (N = 2,071)
Exposed groupa (n = 1,108) Non-exposed groupb (n = 951) p-value Exposed group (n = 1,068) Non-exposed group (n = 1,003) p-value
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Metabolic Syndrome
  Yes 60 (5.42) 31 (3.26) 0.018 75 (7.02) 66 (6.58) 0.690
  No 1048 (94.58) 920 (96.74) 993 (92.98) 937 (93.42)
Education
  Less elementary 365 (32.97) 375 (39.43)  < .001 672 (63.16) 698 (69.59)  < .001
  Elementary 419 (37.85) 274 (28.81) 236 (22.18) 160 (15.95)
  Middle school 200 (18.07) 196 (20.61) 111 (10.43) 90 (8.97)
  Over high School 123 (11.11) 106 (11.15) 45 (4.23) 55 (5.48)
Marital Status
  Married with spouse present 946 (85.38) 815 (85.70) 0.992 832 (78.05) 779 (77.74) 0.108
  Married not living with spouse 60 (5.42) 52 (5.47) 38 (3.56) 50 (4.99)
  Separated/Divorced/Widowed 82 (7.40) 67 (7.05) 195 (18.29) 168 (16.77)
  Never 20 (1.81) 17 (1.79) 1 (0.09) 5 (0.50)
Residence
  Rural 869 (78.43) 750 (79.11) 0.705 821 (76.94) 760 (75.85) 0.557
  Urban 239 (21.57) 198 (20.89) 246 (23.06) 242 (24.15)
Smoking Status
  Current 565 (53.81) 486 (53.82) 0.643 79 (7.50) 79 (7.95) 0.114
  Quit/Former 201 (19.14) 160 (17.72) 20 (1.90) 33 (3.32)
  Never 284 (27.05) 257 (28.46) 955 (90.61) 882 (88.73)
Drinking Status
  Current high frequency 257 (26.80) 205 (24.91)  < .001 33 (3.23) 24 (2.47) 0.490
  Current low frequency 197 (20.54) 164 (19.93) 76 (7.44) 81 (8.32)
  Quit/Former 164 (17.10) 94 (11.42) 36 (3.52) 27 (2.77)
  Never 341 (35.56) 360 (43.74) 877 (85.81) 841 (86.43)
Physical Activity
  Light 107 (9.66) 82 (8.62) 0.167 128 (11.99) 132 (13.16) 0.878
  Moderate 131 (11.82) 92 (9.67) 147 (13.76) 134 (13.36)
  Vigorous 149 (13.45) 152 (15.98) 114 (10.67) 107 (10.67)
  Insufficient 721 (65.07) 625 (65.72) 679 (63.58) 630 (62.81)

aExposed group refers to adolescent-exposed group; bNon-exposed group refers to non-adolescent-exposed group