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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by gender

From: The prevalence of selected risk factors for non-communicable diseases in Hargeisa, Somaliland: a cross-sectional study

 

Women(n = 955)

N (%)

Men (n = 145)

N (%)

Total (n = 1100)

N (%)

P-value*

Age (years)

 20–34

402 (42.5)

76 (52.4)

478 (43.5)

0.015

 35–49

290 (30.4)

28 (19.3)

318 (28.9)

 50–69

263 (27.5)

41 (28.3)

304 (27.6)

Marital status

 Never married

165 (17.2)

60 (41.4)

224 (20.4)

< 0.001

 Currently married

749 (78.4)

82 (56.6)

831 (75.5)

 Divorced

359 (3.7)

2 (1.4)

37 (3.4)

 Widowed

6 (0.6)

1 (0.7)

0.6 (7)

Education

 No education

634 (66.4)

46 (31.7)

680 (61.8)

< 0.001

 Primary education

185 (19.4)

23 (15.9)

208 (18.9)

 Secondary education

74 (7.7)

31 (21.4)

105 (9.5)

 University education

62 (6.5)

45 (31.0)

107 (9.7)

Fruit consumption

 No servings/day

240 (25.1)

24 (16.6)

264 (24.0)

0.083

 1 servings/day

695 (72.8)

116 (80.0)

811 (73.7)

 2 servings/day

8 (0.8)

3 (2.1)

11 (1.0)

 3 servings/day

12 (1.3)

2 (1.4)

14 (1.3)

Vegetable consumption

 No servings/day

270 (28.3)

36 (24.8)

306 (27.8)

0.095

 1 servings/day

669 (70.1)

105 (72.4)

774 (70.4)

 2 servings/day

4 (0.4)

3 (2.1)

7 (0.6)

 3 servings/day

12 (1.3)

1 (0.7)

13 (1.2)

Fruit and vegetables consumption

  < 3 servings/day

930 (97.4)

138 (95.2)

1068 (97.1)

0.140

  > 3 servings/day

25 (2.6)

7 (4.8)

32 (2.9)

Physical activity, MET-min

  > 600

176 (18.5)

60 (42.0)

236 (21.6)

< 0.001

  < 600

775 (81.5)

83 (58.0)

858 (78.4)

Salta

 Often/always

171 (17.9)

32 (22.1)

203 (18.5)

0.233

 Others (never & rarely)

782 (82.1)

113 (77.9)

895 (81.5)

Current smoker

 Yes

39 (26.9)

39 (3.5)

< 0.001

 No

955 (100)

93 (73.1)

1045 (96.5)

Current khat chewers

 Yes

3 (0.3)

53 (36.6)

56 (5.1)

< 0.001

 No

948 (99.7)

92 (63.4)

1040 (94.9)

  1. * P-value of the X2 test for differences between women and men. aCombined all types of salt intake (added salt, salt sauces and processed food high in salt)