Table 1 Background characteristics of Ethiopian adults who participated in the study
From: Optimal cut-off for obesity and markers of metabolic syndrome for Ethiopian adults
Variables | Sex | n | |
|---|---|---|---|
Female | Male | ||
No. (%) | No. (%) | ||
Ethnicity | |||
 Oromo | 106(41.6) | 149(58.4) | 255 |
 Amhara | 140(65.7) | 73(34.3) | 213 |
 Gurage | 22(57.9) | 16(42.1) | 38 |
 Kefa | 38(76.0) | 12(24.0) | 50 |
 Others (Sidama,Wolaita,Tigre) | 20(41.7) | 28(58.3) | 48 |
 Dawro | 40(70.2) | 17(29.8) | 57 |
 Yem | 31(72.1) | 12(27.9) | 43 |
|  | Mean(sd), n = 397 | Mean(sd), n = 307 | |
Age | 36.49(9.20) | 34.73(9.49) | |
BMI | 25.29(5.13) | 22.49(3.91) | |
Height | 157.15(8.53) | 171.77(13.35) | |
Weight | 62.34(12.93) | 66.99(11.73) | |
Waist Circumference | 83.63(14.70) | 84.05(11.42) | |
Hip Circumference | 98.63(11.67) | 93.04(16.37) | |
Body fat percent (BF%), mean(±sd) | 38.47(10.05) | 23.86(9.16) | |