Lifestyle Risk Factors of General and Abdominal Obesity in Students of the School of Medicine and Health Science
of the University of Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
Table 1
General characteristics of the participants ().
Variable
Total ()
Male ()
Female ()
P value
Mean ± SD (age)
<0.0001
Smoking
Yes
7 (1.1%)
7 (1.3%)
0 (0.0%)
0.1055
No
639 (98.9%)
438 (98.4%)
201 (100.0%)
Drinks alcohol
Yes
85 (13.2%)
70 (15.7%)
15 (7.5%)
0.8805
No
561 (86.8%)
375 (84.3%)
186 (92.5%)
Drinks coffee
Yes
369 (57.1%)
260 (58.4%)
109 (54.2%)
0.3451
No
277 (42.9%)
185 (41.6%)
92 (45.8%)
Married
Yes
38 (5.9%)
29 (6.5%)
9 (4.2%)
0.3689
No
608 (94.1%)
416 (93.4%)
192 (90.6%)
BMI status
Underweight
32 (5.0%)
20 (4.5%)
12 (6.0%)
0.4367
Normal weight
542 (83.9%)
404 (90.8%)
138 (68.7%)
<0.0001
Overweight
60 (9.3%)
18 (4.0%)
42 (20.9%)
<0.0001
Obesity
12 (1.9%)
3 (0.7%)
9 (4.5%)
0.0021
Mean ± SD (BMI)
21.79 ± 3.10
21.32 ± 2.33
22.84 ± 4.15
<0.0001
Abdominal obesity
Yes
27 (4.2%)
3 (0.7%)
24 (11.9%)
<0.0001
No
619 (95.8%)
442 (99.3%)
177 (88.1%)
Mean ± SD
77.36 ± 6.45
76.32 ± 4.79
79.65 ± 8.74
<0.0001
Physical activity
Light
95 (14.7%)
37 (8.3%)
58 (28.9%)
<0.0001
Moderate
315 (48.8%)
196 (44.0%)
119 (59.2%)
0.0005
Vigorous
236 (36.5%)
212 (47.6%)
24 (11.9%)
<0.0001
Data are presented as proportion and compared using Fischer’s exact test.
