Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants
Characteristics | Total (n = 123) | Men (n = 43) | Women (n = 80) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
Age group (years) | ||||||||
30–39 | 11 | 8.9 | 4 | 9.3 | 7 | 8.7 | ||
40–49 | 23 | 18.6 | 7 | 16.2 | 16 | 20 | ||
50–59 | 43 | 34.9 | 12 | 27.9 | 31 | 38.7 | ||
60–69 | 38 | 30.8 | 17 | 39.5 | 21 | 26.2 | ||
>70 | 8 | 6.5 | 3 | 6.9 | 5 | 6.25 | ||
Ethnicity | ||||||||
Sinhala | 109 | 88.6 | 39 | 90.7 | 70 | 87.5 | ||
Muslim | 11 | 8.9 | 2 | 4.6 | 9 | 11.2 | ||
Tamil | 3 | 2.4 | 2 | 4.6 | 1 | 1.25 | ||
Educational level | ||||||||
No schooling | 8 | 6.5 | 4 | 9.3 | 4 | 5 | ||
Up to 5 years | 17 | 13.8 | 5 | 11.6 | 12 | 15 | ||
Up to O/L | 70 | 56.9 | 26 | 60.4 | 44 | 55 | ||
Up to A/L | 25 | 20.3 | 7 | 16.2 | 18 | 22.5 | ||
Graduate | 3 | 2.4 | 1 | 2.3 | 2 | 2.5 | ||
BMI category | ||||||||
≤22.9 | 36 | 33.96 | 16 | 42.1 | 20 | 29.41 | ||
23–24.9 | 21 | 19.81 | 7 | 18.42 | 14 | 23.33 | ||
25–27.5 | 24 | 22.64 | 7 | 18.42 | 17 | 25 | ||
>27.5 | 25 | 23.58 | 8 | 21.05 | 17 | 25 | ||