Table 1 General characteristics of the study population
Variables | Urban (n = 50) | Rural (n = 50) | Total (n = 100) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | ± SD | Mean | ± SD | Mean | ± SD | ||
Age | 32.7 | 6.5 | 34.1 | 8.3 | 33.5 | 7.4 | 0.360 |
Body weight (kg) | 61.3 | 12.3 | 60.3 | 11.9 | 60.8 | 12.1 | 0.668 |
Body height (cm) | 155.4 | 5.0 | 153.5 | 6.8 | 154.4 | 6.0 | 0.116 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 25.3 | 4.5 | 25.5 | 4.6 | 25.40 | 4.5 | 0.808 |
Waist circumference(cm) | 80.1 | 9.9 | 76.9 | 9.2 | 78.51 | 9.6 | 0.113 |
Monthly income (LKR) | 29000 | 1850 | 23050 | 1235 | 27580 | 1890 | 0.067 |
Food expenditure(LKR) | 16600 | 1040 | 13800 | 970 | 15625 | 1380 | 0.078 |
Energy expenditure from physical activity (MET-min/week) | 1496.0 | 694.3 | 1664.2 | 772.0 | 1580.1 | 735.3 | 0.255 |
Energy intake (kcal) | 2060.7 | 343.3 | 2021.0 | 374.3 | 2040.9 | 357.9 | 0.581 |
% of energy from carbohydrate | 70.7 | 4.1 | 68.2 | 4.7 | 69.44 | 4.5 | 0.006 |
% of energy from fat | 18.3 | 3.6 | 19.1 | 4.4 | 18.68 | 4.1 | 0.366 |
% of energy from protein | 10.6 | 1.3 | 12.7 | 3.1 | 11.63 | 2.6 | 0.118 |