| | |
Male
| | |
Female
| |
|---|
|
Bantus N = 86
|
Pygmies N = 79
|
p
|
Bantus N = 64
|
Pygmies N = 71
|
p
|
|---|
|
Age, years
|
33 ± 11
|
40 ± 13
|
0.0004
|
32 ± 11
|
35 ± 12
|
0.1
|
|
Married status (%)
|
32 (37.2)
|
58 (73.4)
|
< 0.0001
|
30 (46.9)
|
41 (57.7)
|
0.207
|
|
Literatea(%)
|
86 (100)
|
26 (32.9)
|
< 0.0001
|
64 (100)
|
33 (46.5)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Tobacco (%)
|
5 (5.8)
|
10 (12.7)
|
0.127
|
1 (1.3)
|
0
|
–
|
|
Alcohol (%)
|
58 (67.4)
|
58 (73.4)
|
0.5
|
42 (65.6)
|
20 (28.2)
|
0.1
|
|
Weight, kg
|
77.5 ± 13.1
|
57.4 ± 9.7
|
< 0.0001
|
76.8 ± 17.0
|
51.0 ± 7.3
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Height, m
|
1.76 ± 0.12
|
1.58 ± 0.09
|
< 0.0001
|
168 ± 0.10
|
149 ± 0.06
|
< 0.0001
|
|
BMI, kg/m2
|
25.2 ± 5.0
|
22.9 ± 3.3
|
0.001
|
27. 1 ± 6.2
|
22.8 ± 3.0
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Obesity (%)
|
13 (15.1)
|
5 (6.3)
|
< 0.0001
|
37 (57.8)
|
17 (23.9)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
WC, cm
|
77.3 ± 12.1
|
75.5 ± 4.2
|
0.1
|
80.0 ± 17.0
|
73.7 ± 5.8
|
0.006
|
|
AO (%)
|
2 (2.3)
|
0
|
0.1
|
11 (17.2)
|
1 (1.4)
|
0.004
|
|
SBP, mmHg
|
120 ± 15
|
108 ± 12
|
< 0.0001
|
119 ± 19
|
106 ± 12
|
< 0.0001
|
|
DBP, mmHg
|
79 ± 12
|
71 ± 11
|
< 0.0001
|
78 ± 14
|
70 ± 11
|
0.0005
|
|
MBP, mmHg
|
92 ± 11
|
83 ± 10
|
< 0.0001
|
91 ± 14
|
82 ± 10
|
< 0.0001
|
|
PP, mmHg
|
41 ± 14
|
37 ± 12
|
0.045
|
41 ± 16
|
35 ± 9
|
0.014
|
|
Hypertension (%)
|
22 (25.6)
|
4 (5.1)
|
0.000
|
20 (31.3)
|
1 (1.4)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Na+, mmol/L
|
113.0 ± 58.4
|
48.1 ± 36.4
|
< 0.0001
|
132.8 ± 63.1
|
45.5 ± 27.5
|
< 0.0001
|
|
K+, mmol/L
|
75.2 ± 45.6
|
68.9 ± 47.1
|
0.3
|
71.3 ± 43.8
|
67.4 ± 44.7
|
0.6
|
|
Na+/K+ ratio
|
2.3 ± 3.3
|
1.3 ± 1.9
|
0.018
|
2.6 ± 3.0
|
1.3 ± 1.8
|
0.005
|
- aattempt at least a first year of school education, BMI Body mass index, WC Waist circumference, AO Abdominal obesity, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, MBP Mean blood pressure, PP Pulse pressure, Quantitative data are presented as mean ± SD and qualitative data are presented as count (percentage)
