Skip to main content

Table 1 Background characteristics of 4813 study participants

From: Prevalence of obesity and overweight and its associated factors among registered pensioners in Ghana; a cross sectional studies

 

Participants

Normal/Underweight

Overweight/Obese

Variables

All

Male

Female

  
 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Weight (Kg)

66.7 (13.2)

65.6 (12.8)

69.3 (14.0)

58.4 (8.1)

76.4 (11.3)

Height (cm)

163.0 (8.4)

165.7 (7.6)

157.2 (7.0)

164.6 (8.0)

161.2 (8.4)

BMI (Kg/m2)

25.2 (5.1)

23.9 (4.3)

28.1 (5.5)

21.5 (2.3)

29.4 (4.0)

Age (years)

67.2 (5.4)

68.0 (5.6)

65.5 (4.4)

68.1 (5.7)

66.2 (4.9)

Blood sugarb (mmol/L)

5.8 (2.8)a

5.7 (2.5)a

6.0 (2.9)a

5.6 (2.2)a

6.2 (2.9)a

Blood Pressure (mmHg)

 Systolic

146 (26)

146 (25)

146 (26)

144 (27)

149 (25)

 Diastolic

79 (16)

79 (16)

79 (16)

77 (16)

81 (16)

Serum Lipids (mmol/L)

 Total Cholesterol

4.90 (1.24)

4.69 (1.24)

5.37 (1.30)

4.74 (1.18)

5.08 (1.29)

 Triglycerides

1.21 (0.68)a

1.17 (0.64)a

1.30 (0.76)a

1.14 (0.62)a

1.30 (0.75)a

 LDL-Cholesterol

2.83 (1.05)

2.67 (1.00)

3.18 (1.1)

2.74 (1.00)

2.92 (1.10)

 HDL-Cholesterol

1.47 (0.34)

1.44 (0.33)

1.54 (0.36)

1.44 (0.33)

1.51 (0.35)

Coronary risk ratio

3.4 (0.9)

3.3 (0.8)

3.6 (0.9)

3.4 (0.8)

3.5 (0.9)

  1. Mean (SD): Mean and standard deviation provided for all variables except (a) where median and interquartile range provided
  2. Median (interquartile range)a is provided if −1.5 ≤ co-efficient of skewness ≥1.5
  3. Blood sugarb; Random blood sugar