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Table 2 Behavioral and lifestyle 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

Alcohol use

106 (32.6)

63 (40.7)

43 (25.3)

0.003

Tobacco use

12 (3.7)

12 (7.7)

0 (0.0)

0.0002

Khat use

33 (10.3)

30 (19.5)

3 (1.8)

< 0.0001

Physical activity at work

105 (33.6)

49 (33.1)

56 (33.9)

0.876

Number of days with physical activity at work

< 5 days/week

261 (80.3)

118 (76.1)

143 (84.1)

0.071

≥5 days/week

64 (19.7)

37 (23.9)

27 (15.9)

Doing exercise / leisure physical activity

16 (4.9)

9 (5.9)

7 (4.1)

0.473

Walking/ bicycle for transportation

194 (60.3)

92 (60.1)

102 (60.4)

0.967

Adding salt before or as eating

230 (71.0)

108 (70.1)

122 (71.7)

0.746

Type of oil used

None

129 (39.9)

58 (37.9)

71 (41.8)

0.525

Vegetable oil

133 (41.2)

68 (44.4)

65 (38.2)

Other oil/ fat

61 (18.9)

27 (17.7)

34 (20.0)

Number of days fruits or vegetables were eaten

≥5 days/week

113 (34.8)

54 (34.8)

59 (34.7)

0.988

2–4 days/week

125 (38.5)

59 (38.1)

66 (38.8)

< 2 days/week

87 (26.8)

42 (27.1)

45 (26.5)

Number of fruits or vegetable servings

≥5 servings/day

5 (1.5)

3 (1.9)

2 (1.2)

0.579

< 5 servings/day

320 (98.5)

152 (98.1)

168 (98.8)