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Table 1 Characteristics according to gender of Yaqui adults from Sonora, Méxicoa

From: Prevalence of overweight, obesity and central obesity and factors associated with BMI in indigenous yaqui people: a probabilistic cross-sectional survey

Characteristics

Total

IC 95%

Women

= 202 (52%)

IC 95%

Men

n = 149 (48%)

IC 95%

p-valueb

Age (years)

40.7

38.5-42.2

42.0

39.4-44.5

39.2

36.2-42.1

0.0950

Weight (kg)

75.6

73.7-77.5

73.3

70.8-75.7

78.1

75.9-80.5

0.0075

Height (cm)

163.2

161.9 164.5

156.5

15.6-157.4

170.6

169.4-171.8

0.0001

BMI (kg/m2)

28.4

27.7-29.0

29.8

28.9-30.8

26.8

26.0-27.5

0.0001

Waist Circumference (cm)

95.1

93.3-96.8

95.4

95.5-98.3

94.7

93.0-96.4

0.6314

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

118.0

115.8-120.2

114.7

114.4-117.9

121.6

118.5-124.8

0.0094

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

73.4

72.5-74.4

72.5

70.9-74.1

74.5

72.6-76.3

0.1741

Energy diet (kcal/day)

3076

2851-3301

2734

2467-3001

3449

3158-3741

0.0001

Energy from carbohydrate (%)

57.1

56.3-58.0

57.3

56.4-58.3

56.9

55.6-58.3

0.6505

Energy from fat (%)

30.8

30.0-31.5

30.4

29.5-31.3

31.2

29.9-32.4

0.2984

Energy from protein (%)

12.0

11.7-12.3

12.2

11.8-12.5

11.7

11.2-2.2

0.1718

Physical activity

       

Light (h/wk)

14.6

12.4-16.8

21.4

18.5-24.3

7.2

4.6-9.7

0.0001

Moderate (h/wk)

14.3

12.3-16.3

9.3

7.1-11.6

19.8

16.6-22.9

0.0001

Vigorous (h/wk)

1.5

1.0-2.0

0.1

0.02-0.1

3

1.9-4.1

0.0001

Sedentary habits (h/wk)

15.2

13.6-16.7

15.2

12.8-17.7

15.1

13.3-16.9

0.9480

Modernization index

8.9

8.4-9.4

8.4

7.8-9.0

9.4

8.7-10.1

0.0430

Location

      

0.5222

Rural (%)

35.1

21.5-48.7

36.8

22.0-51.7

33.2

16.6-49.7

 

Urban (%)

64.9

51.2-78.4

63.1

48.2-77.9

66.7

50.2-83.3

 

Speak Yaqui language (%)

70.9

61.3-80.5

73.3

61.8-84.8

68.3

55.0-81.5

0.5072

Education level

      

0.2846

Less than primary (%)

27.2

21.2-33.1

25.6

18.0-35.0

28.9

20.3-39.4

 

Primary (%)

17.9

13.1-22.7

16.3

23.5

19.8

14.6-26.9

 

Basic (%)

33.4

26.1-40.8

31.4

23.4-40.6

35.7

24.7-49.0

 

High school (%)

16.4

11.2-21.6

19.3

13.5-26.7

13.3

6.9-24.0

 

More than high school (%)

4.8

2.1-7.5

7.3

4.2-12.3

2.1

0.6-6.4

 

Employment situation

      

0.0001

Housewife (%)

29.9

24.3-35.5

57.0

47-66.5

0.00

0.00

 

Permanent employment (%)

25.4

206-30.3

17.6

11.8-25.3

34.1

26.2-43.0

 

Temporal employment (%)

21.3

15.1-27.5

10.4

5.5-18.7

33.2

24.1-43.7

 

Self-employment (%)

15.3

11.6-19.1

11.9

7.5-18.1

19.2

11.8-29.6

 

Unemployed (%)

6.2

3.0-9.4

2.5

0.9-6.2

10.5

5.9-18.2

 

Student (%)

1.5

10.4-3.6

0.5

0.0-3.6

2.8

0.0-11.2

 

Marital status

      

0.1508

Single/divorced/widowed (%)

31.8

23.8-39.8

26.8

17.4-38.9

37.3

27.4-48.3

 

Married/living with a partner (%)

68.1

60.1-76.1

73.12

61.1-82.5

62.7

51.6-72.5

 

Current smoker (yes)

25.3

18.3-32.3

3.7

0.1-7.2

49.0

39.3-58.7

0.0001

Current alcohol consumer (yes)

43.3

34.8-51.8

23.0

14.4-31.6

65.4

52.4-78.4

0.0001

  1. a Data adjusted for the complex survey design. Values expressed as means (95%) o percentage (confidence interval at 95%)
  2. b Column comparison (women and men)