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Table 1 Anthropometric measurements of rural and urban women in Narok County

From: Body composition, water turnover and physical activity among women in Narok County, Kenya

 

Population mean SD n (28)

Rural mean n (10)

Urban mean n (18)

Age

25 ± 6.1

26.7 ± 7.6

24.1 ± 5.2

Height (m)

1.60 ± 0.1

1.58 ± 0.0

1.61 ± 0.1

BM (kg)

57.0 ± 11.1

58.4 ± 11.0

56.2 ± 11.4

BMI (kg/m2)

22.2 ± 3.9

23.4 ± 4.1

21.5 ± 3.8

  1. Abbreviations: m-meters, kg- kilograms BM-body mass, BMI – body mass index, SD-standard deviation.