Table 6 Income and education levels by weight, physical activity and smoking status 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
BMI category in kg/m2 (%) | < 18.5 | 18.5–24.9 | 25.0–29.9 | ≥30.0 | p-value | |
Income, birr | < 2000 | 69.1 | 7.1 | 16.6 | 7.1 | 0.834 |
2000–4000 | 72.5 | 7.5 | 17.5 | 2.5 | ||
≥4000 | 66.6 | 3.3 | 26.7 | 3.3 | ||
Education | Primary schools or less | 73.1 | 10.1 | 14.9 | 1.8 | 0.010 |
Secondary school or more | 57.0 | 9.7 | 27.2 | 6.1 | ||
Regular exercise/ physical activity (%) | Yes | No | p-value | |||
Income, birr | < 2000 | 4.8 | 95.2 | 0.136 | ||
2000–4000 | 4.6 | 95.4 | ||||
≥4000 | 15.6 | 84.4 | ||||
Education | Primary schools or less | 2.8 | 97.2 | 0.031 | ||
Secondary school or more | 8.5 | 91.5 | ||||
Tobacco use (%) | Yes | No | p-value | |||
Income, birr | < 2000 | 4.6 | 95.4 | 0.834 | ||
2000–4000 | 2.3 | 97.7 | ||||
≥4000 | 3.1 | 96.9 | ||||
Education | Primary schools or less | 5.6 | 94.4 | 0.088 | ||
Secondary school or more | 1.7 | 98.3 | ||||