Table 1 Characteristics (mean and range) of study participants
Variable | Mean (range) |
|---|---|
Age (yrs) | 31.0 (20.0, 62.0) |
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 22.7 (17.8, 31.3) |
Freq (%) | |
Prepare own meals | 3 (6) |
Live in urban area | 40 (80) |
Married | 32 (64) |
Ever smoked | 16 (32) |
Education | |
Primary/illiterate (includes Coranic School education) | 14 (28) |
First half of secondary school | 5 (10) |
Last half of secondary school | 11 (22) |
College education | 20 (40) |
Ethnicity (Maternal) | |
Arab | 1 (2) |
Diolas | 4 (8) |
Mandingues | 6 (12) |
Mencayne | 1 (2) |
Pulaar | 12 (24) |
Sereer | 11 (22) |
Soninke | 1 (2) |
Wolof | 14 (28) |
Ethnicity (Paternal) | |
Arab | 1 (2) |
Diolas | 4 (8) |
Mandingues | 4 (8) |
Mencayne | 1 (2) |
Pulaar | 13 (26) |
Sereer | 10 (20) |
Soninke | 1 (2) |
Wolof | 16 (32) |