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Table 5 Predictors of body composition estimated from whole-body bioimpedance among 385 Ethiopian adults

From: Association between body composition and khat chewing in Ethiopian adults

 

BMI (kg/m2)

p-value

FMI (kg/m)

p-value

FFMI (kg/m)

p-value

B (95 % CI)

B (95 % CI)

B (95 % CI)

Age, year

0.03 (0.00, 0.057)

0.031*

0.06 (0.03, 0.09)

<0.001*

−0.02 (−0.05, −0.002)

0.036*

Sex, female

0.52 (−0.24, 1.28)

0.180

3.12 (2.25, 3.99)

<0.001*

−4.66 (−5.26, −4.05)

<0.001*

Monthly income, Birr

0.002 (0.001, 0.003)

<0.001*

0.002 (0.002, 0.003)

<0.001*

0.001 (0.001, 0.0013)

<0.001*

Current khat chewers**

−1.56 (−0.78, −2.33)

<0.001*

−2.19 (−1.32, −3.06)

<0.001*

0.09 (−0.66, 0.82)

0.817

Cigarette smokers

0.76 (−0.25, 1.78)

0.141

−1.36 (−0.23, −2.49)

0.032*

0.40 (−0.49, 1.29)

0.379

Current khat chewer##, cigarette smoker

2.07 (−0.34, 4.48)

0.09

2.78 (0.11, 5.44)

0.041*

0.09 (−2.04, 2.22)

0.936

Physical activity level, inactive

0.60 (−0.16, 1.37)

0.123

0.94 (0.09, 1.80)

0.021*

0.20 (−0.48, 0.87)

0.569

  1. All dependent variables were indexed to height (m) as BMI body mass index; FMI fat mass index and FFMI fat free mass index; 19.31 Birr 1 USD, B regression coefficient. Age, sex, ethnicity, religion, marital status, educational status, monthly income, cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking and physical activity were included in the model
  2. * Significant
  3. ** Khat chewing at least once in the past 30 days
  4. ## Concurrent of khat chewing and smoking cigarette