Table 1.

Background and anthropometric characteristics of the study training (Equation) and testing (validation) sample.

Variables	Study sample		P
	Training (Equation, n = 350)	Testing (Validation, n = 352)
	n (%)	n (%)
Sex
Male	152 (49.7)	154 (50.3)	0.932
Female	198 (50.0)	198 (50.0)
Ethnicity
Oromo	120 (47.4)	133 (52.6)	0.446
Amhara	102 (47.9)	111 (52.1)
Gurage	24 (63.2)	14 (36.8)
Kefa	25 (50.0)	25 (50.0)
Othersa	29 (60.4)	19 (39.6)
Dawero	28 (49.1)	29 (50.9)
Yem	22 (51.2)	21 (48.8)
Age, mean (±SD)	35.38 (±9.46)	36.05 (±9.28)	0.347
BMI, mean (±SD)	24.03 (±4.90)	24.21 (±4.62)	0.617
ADP measured Body Fat %, Mean (±SD)	31.83 (12.33)	32.38 (11.85)	0.547

SD: Standard deviation, ADP: Air displacement Plethysmography, BMI: body mass index.

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