Table 2 Anthropometric measures and categorization according to cut-offs for the total group according to age, gender and origin groups (row %) (n = 517)
From: Health status of primary school educators in low socio-economic areas in South Africa
Weight (kg) | Height (cm) | BMI (kg/m2) | WC (cm) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Category | n1 | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | % <25 | % 25-29 | % ≥30 | Mean ± SD | % M ≤ 102 | M > 102 |
F ≤ 88 | F > 88 | |||||||||
Gender | ||||||||||
Male | 196 | 82 ± 2 | 170 ± 7 | 28 ± 5.6 | 28.0 | 37.0 | 35.0 | 98 ± 14.2 | 62.0 | 38.0 |
Female | 321 | 80 ± 2 | 159 ± 2 | 31 ± 7.8 | 18.0 | 27.0 | 55.0 | 95 ± 15.3 | 33.0 | 67.0 |
p-value | 0.126 2 | 0.001 2 | 0.001 2 | 0.001 2 | 0.001 2 | 0.001 2 | ||||
Origin | ||||||||||
Rural | 329 | 80 ± 2 | 163 ± 2 | 29 ± 7.5 | 24.9 | 30.1 | 44.9 | 95 ± 14.8 | 46.2 | 53.8 |
Urban | 188 | 82 ± 2 | 163 ± 8 | 31 ± 6.4 | 16.5 | 33.5 | 50.0 | 98 ± 15.0 | 40.9 | 59.0 |
p-value | 0.139 3 | 0.665 3 | 0.063 3 | 0.001 2 | 0.249 3 | 0.248 2 | ||||
Age categories | ||||||||||
<30 | 10 | 69 ± 2 | 159 ± 6 | 27 ± 1.5 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 20.0 | 84 ± 18.0 | 70.0 | 30.0 |
30-49 | 366 | 81 ± 2 | 164 ± 2 | 30 ± 7.4 | 24.6 | 31.9 | 43.4 | 96 ± 15.0 | 48.9 | 51.1 |
>50 | 130 | 83 ± 2 | 162 ± 8 | 32 ± 6.3 | 13.9 | 27.7 | 58.5 | 99 ± 7.0 | 30.1 | 69.2 |
p-value | 0.053 3 | 0.372 3 | 0.001 3 | 0.001 2 | 0.001 3 | 0.001 2 | ||||
Total group | 517 | 81 ± 2 | 163 ± 2 | 30 ± 1.2 | 21.0 | 31.0 | 47.0 | 96 ± 15.0 | 44.0 | 56.0 |