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Table 2 Lifestyle, morbidity and other prison related condition of adult prisoners in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia (n = 809)

From: One-fourth of the prisoners are underweight in Northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Nutritional status

Total (N = 809)

p-value*

Not underweight,

n (%); (n = 605)

Underweight,

n (%); (n = 204)

Smoking status

   

0.011*

 No

490 (76.8)

148 (23.2)

638

 

 Yes

115 (67.3)

56 (32.7)

171

 

Chew khat

   

<0.001*

 No

563 (76.8)

170 (23.2)

733

 

 Yes

42 (55.3)

34 (44.7)

76

 

Alcohol use before jail

   

0.626

 No

359 (74.2)

125 (25.8)

484

 

 Yes

246 (75.7)

79 (24.3)

325

 

Duration of jail

   

0.203

  < 12 months

250 (77.2)

74 (22.8)

324

 

  ≥ 12 months

355 (73.2)

130 (26.8)

485

 

HIV serostatus

   

0.251

 Negative

581 (75.2)

192 (24.8)

773

 

 Positive

24 (66.7)

12 (33.3)

36

 

Tuberculosis

   

0.103

 No

585 (75.3)

192 (24.7)

777

 

 Yes

20 (62.5)

12 (37.5)

32

 

Previous jail history

   

0.004*

 No

520 (76.1)

163 (23.9)

683

 

 Yes

71 (63.4)

41 (36.6)

112

 

Cough duration

   

0.690

 2-4 weeks

216 (74)

76 (26)

292

 

 ≥ 4 weeks

389 (75.2)

128 (24.8)

517

 
  1. * indicates p-value <0.05 from the chi-square test analysis