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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the study sample stratified by gender

From: Relationship satisfaction and metabolic health parameters: a cross-sectional study in Burkinabe population of older adults

 

Male

Female

Total

p-value

N

1368

899

2267

 

Age

   

0.0102

< 60 years old

1069 (78.2)

742 (82.6)

1811 (80.0)

 

≥ 60 years old

298 (21.8)

156 (17.4)

454 (20.0)

 

Ethnicity

   

0.1982

Dafin

560 (40.9)

331 (36.8)

891 (39.3)

 

Bwaba

378 (27.6)

285 (31.7)

663 (29.2)

 

Mossi

193 (14.1)

113 (12.6)

306 (13.5)

 

Peulh

115 (8.4)

86 (9.6)

201 (8.9)

 

Samo

97 (7.1)

66 (7.3)

163 (7.2)

 

Other

25 (1.9)

18 (2.0)

43 (1.9)

 

Wealth, quintiles

   

0.4492

1

201 (14.7)

155 (17.3)

356 (15.7)

 

2

274 (20.0)

186 (20.7)

460 (20.3)

 

3

300 (21.9)

180 (20.0)

480 (21.2)

 

4

300 (21.9)

196 (21.8)

495 (21.8)

 

5

294 (21.5)

182 (20.2)

476 (21.0)

 

Years of study

   

< 0.0011

0

1060 (77.5)

806 (89.7)

1866 (82.3)

 

1–6 (primary)

214 (15.6)

74 (8.2)

288 (12.7)

 

7–15 (secondary)

79 (5.8)

18 (2.0)

97 (4.3)

 

≥ 16 (tertiary)

15 (1.1)

1 (0.1)

16 (0.7)

 

BMI, kg/m²

21.4 (4.3)

21.7 (5.7)

21.5 (4.7)

0.0011

WC, cm

82 (11)

85 (14.5)

82.5 (13)

< 0.0011

HbA1c, %

5.4 (0.5)

5.3 (0.5)

5.3 (0.5)

0.0631

CSI-4

12.5 (5)

12 (5)

12 (5)

< 0.0011

PHQ-9

3 (5)

4 (5)

3 (5)

< 0.0011

Sitting, h/week

21 (14)

21 (14)

21 (14)

0.9351

  1. Data are presented as median (interquartile range) for the continuous variables and number (percentage) for categorical variables
  2. BMI: Body Mass Index; CSI-4: Couples Satisfaction Index 4; HbA1c: Glycated Hemoglobin A1c; PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire 9; WC: waist circumference
  3. 1P-value was obtained with Kruskal-Wallis test
  4. 2P-value was obtained with Pearson Chi-Squared test