Table 1 Basic demographic characteristics of adult outpatients (N = 325) at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
From: Disease burden and associated risk factors for metabolic syndrome among adults in Ethiopia
Variable | Total N = 325 (%) | Men N = 155 (%) | Women N = 170 (%) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years | < 30 | 108 (33.2) | 43 (27.7) | 65 (38.2) | 0.013 |
30–50 | 137 (42.2) | 63 (40.7) | 74 (43.5) | ||
≥51 | 80 (24.6) | 49 (31.6) | 31 (18.2) | ||
Region | Addis Ababa | 199 (63.6) | 97 (63.4) | 102 (63.8) | 0.646 |
Oromia | 78 (24.9) | 36 (23.5) | 42 (26.4) | ||
Others | 36 (11.5) | 20 (13.1) | 16 (10.0) | ||
Ethnicity | Oromo | 142 (44.7) | 70 (46.1) | 72 (43.4) | 0.851 |
Amhara | 103 (32.4) | 47 (30.9) | 56 (33.7) | ||
Others | 73 (22.9) | 35 (23.0) | 38 (22.9) | ||
Marital status | Single | 77 (23.7) | 43 (27.7) | 34 (20.0) | 0.0004 |
Married | 204 (62.8) | 103 (66.5) | 101 (59.4) | ||
Divorced/ widowed | 44 (13.5) | 9 (5.8) | 35 (20.6) | ||
Income, birr | < 2000 | 44 (36.7) | 19 (30.7) | 25 (43.1) | 0.322 |
2000–4000 | 44 (36.7) | 26 (41.9) | 18 (31.0) | ||
≥4000 | 32 (26.7) | 17 (27.4) | 15 (25.9) | ||
Education | Primary schools or less | 178 (59.7) | 78 (53.8) | 100 (65.4) | 0.114 |
Secondary school or more | 120 (40.3) | 67 (46.2) | 53 (34.6) | ||
Occupation | Government employees | 50 (15.4) | 25 (16.3) | 25 (14.7) | < 0.0001 |
Other employees/ students | 156 (48.0) | 93 (60.0) | 63 (37.1) | ||
Unemployed | 119 (36.6) | 37 (23.9) | 82 (48.2) | ||
Weight, BMI in kg/m2 | Underweight (< 18.5) | 32 (10.4) | 13 (8.7) | 19 (12.0) | 0.397 |
Normal (18.5–24.9) | 208 (67.5) | 107 (71.3) | 101 (63.9) | ||
Overweight (25.0–29.9) | 58 (18.8) | 27 (18.0) | 31 (19.6) | ||
Obese (≥30.0) | 10 (3.3) | 3 (2.0) | 7 (4.4) |