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Table 1 Profile of participants overall and across years of the study

From: Four-year trends in adiposity and its association with hypertension in serial groups of young adult university students in urban Cameroon: a time-series study

Variables

Overall

2009

2010

2011

2012

p-value

p-trend

N (%)

2726 (100)

559 (20.5)

469 (17.2)

690 (25.3)

1008 (37.0)

  

Men, n (%)

1893 (69.4)

389 (69.6)

300 (64.0)

504 (73.0)

700 (69.4)

0.013

0.383

Mean age, years

21.8 (2.4)

21.8 (2.4)

21.7 (2.4)

21.9 (2.5)

21.7 (2.4)

0.271

0.850

Pulse, beats per min

77 (13)

76 (13)

79 (13)

75 (13)

77 (14)

<0.0001

0.314

Weight, kg

67.8 (10.6)

67.1 (10.2)

67.0 (10.9)

67.6 (10.0)

68.7 (10.9)

0.177

0.005

Height, cm

171 (9)

171 (9)

171 (9)

171 (8)

171 (9)

0.687

0.232

Hip circumference, cm

96 (7)

96 (9)

96 (8)

94 (7)

96 (8)

<0.0001

<0.0001

Men

 N (%)

1893 (100)

389 (20.6)

300 (15.9)

504 (26.6)

700 (36.9)

  

 Mean age, years

21.9 (2.5)

22.0 (2.5)

21.9 (2.5)

22.1 (2.6)

21.8 (2.4)

0.166

0.420

 Pulse, beats per min

74 (13)

74 (12)

77 (13)

73 (12)

74 (13)

0.0004

0.355

 Weight, kg

69.8 (9.4)

68.6 (8.9)

69.9 (9.7)

69.3 (9.3)

70.7 (9.6)

0.002

0.288

 Height, cm

174.4 (7.0)

174 (7)

175 (7)

174.2 (6.6)

174.5 (7.0)

0.130

0.618

 Hip circumference, cm

94.4 (6.9)

94.5 (7.5)

95.4 (6.6)

93.2 (5.9)

94.8 (7.1)

<0.0001

0.004

Women

 N (%)

833 (100)

170 (20.4)

169 (20.3)

186 (22.3)

308 (37.0)

  

 Mean age, years

21.4 (2.3)

21.6 (2.3)

21.4 (2.0)

21.3 (2.1)

21.4 (2.5)

0.626

0.186

 Pulse, beats per min

83 (13)

82 (12)

83 (12)

82 (14)

85 (13)

0.098

0.818

 Weight, kg

63.4 (11.7)

63.6 (12.1)

61.9 (11.1)

63.2 (10.4)

64.2 (12.4)

0.236

0.767

 Height, cm

163.7 (7.2)

163.7 (7.2)

163.9 (6.0)

164.0 (7.2)

163.3 (7.7)

0.773

0.769

 Hip circumference, cm

98.8 (9.4)

100.6 (9.9)

98.3 (9.0)

97.6 (8.2)

98.8 (10.0)

0.018

0.002