Table 4.
Health parameters, by sex and place of residence
| Category | Total | Female | Male | Taabo-Cité | Taabo-Village | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | n (%) | n (%) | p-value | n (%) | n (%) | p-value | |
| 620 | 330 (53.2) | 290 (46.8) | 530 (85.5) | 90 (14.5) | |||
| Weight status | |||||||
| Underweight < 5th | 31 | 20 (6.1) | 11 (3.8) | 0.285 | 26 (4.9) | 5 (5.6) | 0.213 |
| Normal weight [5th ; 85th [ | 496 | 257 (77.9) | 239 (82.4) | 419 (79.1) | 77 (85.6) | ||
| Overweight [85th ; 95th [ | 93 | 53 (16.1) | 40 (13.8) | 85 (16.0) | 8 (8.9) | ||
| Low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol | |||||||
| Normal (< 2.8 mmol/l) | 567 | 297 (90.0) | 270 (93.1) | 0.217 | 483 (91.1) | 84 (93.3) | 0.626 |
| Abnormal (≥ 2.8 mmol/l) | 53 | 33 (10.0) | 20 (6.9) | 47 (8.9) | 6 (6.7) | ||
| High-density-lipoprotein cholesterol | |||||||
| Abnormally low (< 1.027 mmol/l) | 324 | 168 (50.9) | 156 (53.8) | 0.524 | 264 (49.8) | 60 (66.7) | 0.004* |
| Normal (≥ 1.027 mmol/l) | 296 | 162 (49.1) | 134 (46.2) | 266 (50.2) | 30 (33.3) | ||
| Glycated haemoglobin | |||||||
| Normal (< 5.7%) | 596 | 321 (97.3) | 275 (94.8) | 0.172 | 507 (95.7) | 89 (98.9) | 0.241 |
| Prediabetic (5.7 to 6.5%) | 24 | 9 (2.7) | 15 (5.2) | 23 (4.3) | 1 (1.1) | ||
| Haemoglobin | |||||||
| No | 353 | 200 (60.6) | 153 (52.8) | 0.048* | 310 (58.5) | 43 (47.8) | 0.161 |
| Mild anaemia | 115 | 59 (17.9) | 56 (19.3) | 92 (17.4) | 23 (25.6) | ||
| Moderate aanemia | 149 | 68 (20.6) | 81 (27.9) | 125 (23.6) | 24 (26.7) | ||
| Severe anaemia | 3 | 3 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Malaria | |||||||
| Not infected | 307 | 162 (49.1) | 145 (50.0) | 0.884 | 272 (51.3) | 35 (38.9) | 0.039* |
| Infected | 313 | 168 (50.9) | 145 (50.0) | 258 (48.7) | 55 (61.1) | ||
* p < 0.05: Statistically significant