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Table 1 Sociodemographic and nutritional characteristics of the 2 groups

From: Association between severe acute malnutrition during childhood and blood pressure during adulthood in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: the Lwiro cohort study

 

Exposed

Unexposed

p-value

N (total)

%

Mean (SD)

N (total)

%

Mean (SD)

Age (years)

145

 

28.2 (3.4)

97

 

28.6 (3.5)

0.37

Male

 

57.2

  

56.7

 

0.51

Civil status

 Living alone

 

19.3

  

21.7

 

0.74

 In a relationship

 

80.7

  

78.3

 

Ethnic group

 Shi and Havu

 

99.3

  

97.9

 

0.15

 Other ethnicities

 

0.7

  

2.1

 

Religion

 Catholic

 

45.5

  

52.6

  

 Protestant

 

49.0

  

46.4

 

0.39

 Other

 

5.5

  

1.0

  

 Level of education

 None

 

36.6

  

28.8

 

0.023

 Primary

 

36.5

  

28.9

 

 Secondary

 

24.8

  

33.0

 

 University

 

2.1

  

9.3

 

Occupational category

 Managerial and administrative position

 

4.1

  

14.4

 

0.011

 Farmer + fishermen + market vendor

 

62.8

  

61.9

 

 Unskilled worker

 

33.1

  

23.7

 

Nutritional survey

 1. Food consumption score

  Inadequate

 

11.7

  

11.3

 

0.79

  Borderline

 

40.0

  

36.1

 

  Satisfactory

 

48.3

  

52.6

 

 2. Addition of salt to meals

  Rarely

 

74.5

  

81.4

 

0.23

  Often

 

22.7

  

14.4

 

  Always

 

2.8

  

4.1

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