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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of female and male participants (n = 532)

From: Association of body weight and physical activity with blood pressure in a rural population in the Dikgale village of Limpopo Province in South Africa

Characteristics

Female (n = 396)

Male

(n = 136)

All (n = 532)

 

Continuous variables

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

p-value±

Age(years)

47.7 (18.7)

40.9 (19.2)

45.9 (19.0)

< 0.001

Height(cm)

158.9 (7.6)

167.8 (8.5)

161.2 (8.7)

< 0.001

Weight(cm)

68.6 (15.9)

64.9 (13.6)

67.6 (15.5)

< 0.018

Body mass index (kg/m2)

27.2 (6.2)

23.1 (4.8)

26.1 (6.1)

< 0.001

Waist circumference(cm)

86.4 (14.3)

77.6 (12.4)

84.2 (14.4)

< 0.001

Hip circumference (cm)

104 (14.3)

92.6 (11.2)

101.3 (14.5)

< 0.001

Waist-to-hip ratio

0.83 (0.08)

0.84(0.08)

0.83 (0.08)

0.330

Systolic blood pressure(mm Hg)

123 (24)

123 (20)

123 (23)

0.907

Diastolic blood pressure(mm Hg)

81 (14)

77 (11)

80 (13)

0.001

Physical activity (average steps/day)

11466 (5204)

12048 (4936)

11615 (5139)

0.173

Categorical variables

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

BMI categories (kg/m2)

    

Underweight (< 18.5)

16 (4.0)

24 (17.7)

40 (7.5)

< 0.001

Normal weight (18.5-24.9)

148 (37.4)

75 (55.2)

223 (41.9)

 

Overweight (25.0-29.9)

115 (29.0)

24 (17.7)

139 (26.1)

 

Obese (≥ 30)

117 (29.6)

13 (9.6)

130 (24.4)

 

Physical activity (average steps/day)

    

Sedentary (< 4999)

40 (10.1)

13 (9.6)

53 (10.0)

0.205

Low active (5 000-7 499)

38 (9.6)

7 (5.2)

45 (8.5)

 

Moderate active (7 500-9 999)

76 (25.0)

27 (19.7)

103 (19.4)

 

Active (10 000-12 499)

99 (25.0)

32 (23.5)

131 (24.6)

 

Very active (≥ 12 500)

143 (36.1)

57 (41.9)

200 (37.6)

 

Hypertension (mm Hg)*

    

Normotensive

249 (62.90)

98 (72.1)

347 (65.2)

0.053

Hypertensive

147 (37.1)

38 (27.9)

185 (34.8)

 
  1. Differences between women and men significant at p ≤ 0.001, SD-Standard deviation, *systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mm Hg