The Prevalence of Abdominal Obesity and Its Correlates among the Adults in Dodoma Region, Tanzania: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

General characteristics of the study population stratified by gender.

Variable	Total (n = 840)	Men (n = 305)	Women (n = 535)	value
Age (mean ± SD)	46.01 ± 15.72	47.82 ± 16.80	44.97 ± 14.99	0.0117
WC (mean ± SD)	82.21± 13.72	81.12 ± 13.46	82.83 ± 13.83	0.0819
Marital status				<0.0001
Married	568 (67.62%)	246 (80.66%)	322 (60.19%)
Divorced/separated	56 (6.67%)	9 (2.95%)	47 (8.79%)
Widowed	99 (11.79%)	5 (1.64%)	94 (17.57%)
Never married	117 (13.93%)	45 (14.75%)	72 (13.46%)
Place of residence				0.0630
Urban	435 (51.79%)	145 (47.54%)	290 (54.21%)
Rural	405 (48.21%)	160 (52.46%)	245 (45.79%)
Age (years)				0.1070
18–30	162 (19.29%)	59 (19.34%)	103 (19.25%)
31–40	169 (20.12%)	50 (16.39%)	119 (22.24%)
41–50	184 (21.90%)	64 (20.98%)	120 (22.43%)
51+	325 (38.69%)	132 (43.28%)	193 (36.07%)
Education level				<0.0001
Never attended school	137 (16.31%)	29 (9.51%)	108 (20.19%)
Primary education	505 (60.12%)	185 (60.66%)	320 (59.81%)
Secondary or higher	198 (23.57%)	91 (29.84%)	107 (20.00%)
Occupation
Employed	319 (37.98%)	120 (39.34%)	199 (37.20%)	0.0099
Students	35 (4.17%)	16 (5.25%)	19 (3.55%)
Peasants	385 (45.83%)	147 (48.20%)	238 (44.49%)
Household chores	101 (12.02%)	22 (7.21%)	79 (14.77%)
Smoking status				<0.0001
Nonsmokers	671 (79.88%)	167 (54.75%)	504 (94.21%)
Current smokers	169 (20.12%)	138 (45.25%)	31 (5.79%)
Number of meals per day				0.7174
<3	217 (25.83%)	81 (26.56%)	136 (25.42%)
≥3	623 (74.17%)	224 (73.44%)	399 (74.58%)
Average walking per day (km)				<0.0001
<0.5	101 (12.02%)	42 (13.77%)	59 (11.03%)
0.5–1	305 (36.31%)	86 (28.20%)	219 (40. 93%)
>1–5	266 (31.67%)	93 (30.49%)	173 (32.34%)
>5	168 (20.00%)	84 (27.54%)	84 (15.70%)
Time used on watching TV (hours)				0.1035
0	505 (60.62%)	179 (58.88%)	326 (61.63%)
<2	180 (21.61%)	60 (19.74%)	120 (22.68%)
≥2	148 (17.77%)	65 (21.38%)	83 (15.69%)