Research Article
Predictors of Hypertension in a Population of Undergraduate Students in Sierra Leone
Table 1
Selected characteristics of the student population on Njala campus.
| | Characteristic | Male | Female | | Median or percentage | Quartiles | Median or percentage | Quartiles |
| | Number of respondents | 252 | | 80 | | | Age (years) | 25 | 22 : 27 | 23 | 21 : 25 | | Height (cm) | 172 | 167 : 176 | 161 | 155 : 165 | | Weight (kg) | 62.5 | 58 : 69 | 61.0 | 53.0 : 70.3 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 21.3 | 20.0 : 23.3 | 23.4 | 21.1 : 26.7 | | Obese (BMI > 30) | 2.0% | | 4.0% | | | Number of siblings | 4 | 3 : 6 | 3 | 2 : 4 | | Christian | 49.4% | | 62.5% | | | Muslim | 50.6% | | 37.5% | | | Married | 6.4% | | 7.5% | |
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BMI: body mass index.
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