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Table 1 Demographic data, by site for men

From: The associations between alcohol intake and cardiometabolic risk in African-origin adults spanning the epidemiologic transition

 

Ghana

South Africa

Jamaica

Seychelles

United States

Overall

N

207

236

249

230

245

1167

Mean Age

34.6 ± 6.7

33.7 ± 5.6**

34.0 ± 5.9**

36.4 ± 5.1

35.6 ± 6.2

34.9 ± 6.0

Weight (Kg)

63.6 ± 9.1**

65.6 ± 13.6**

73.1 ± 15.0**

80.1 ± 16.0**

92.7 ± 24.8

75.4 ± 19.8

Height (cm)

169.0 ± 6.6**

170.9 ± 6.3**

176.0 ± 6.7

173.9 ± 6.2**

176.6 ± 6.6

173.4 ± 7.1

BMI (Kg/m2)

22.2 ± 2.7**

22.4 ± 4.3**

23.6 ± 4.5**

26.5 ± 4.9**

29.7 ± 7.5

25.0 ± 5.8

Waist (cm)

77.2 ± 10.4**

81.0 ± 11.5**

80.3 ± 12.1**

89.4 ± 11.8**

97.2 ± 21.6

85.2 ± 16.0

Hip (cm)

91.7 ± 10.9**

94.6 ± 8.4**

95.1 ± 9.3 **

102.8 ± 9.6**

109.2 ± 15.9

98.9 ± 12.9

WHR

0.84 ± 0.054**

0.85 ± 0.058**

0.84 ± 0.059**

0.87 ± 0.059*

0.88 ± 0.090

0.86 ± 0.067

Overweight/Obese, (N) %

31 (14.98)**

48 (20.34)**

74 (29.72)**

134 (58.26)**

176 (71.02)

532 (45.7)

Smokers, (N) %

13 (6.28)**

152 (64.41)

106 (42.91)**

86 (37.39)**

175 (71.72)

697 (27.79)

MVPA Duration (min/day)

46.9 ± 24.6**

55.5 ± 34.6**

29.6 ± 23.3

35.9 ± 24.3

33.1 ± 34.7

40.1 ± 30.6

  1. *p < 0.05, and **p < 0.01. Reference is USA