Research Article

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 2

BMI status and abdominal obesity stratified by age.

Variable18–24
( )
25–31
( )
32–38
( )
Chi-squareP value

BMI status
 Underweight28 (5.5%)4 (3.2%)0 (0.0%)1.670.1965
 Normal weight422 (82.7%)113 (89.7%)7 (70.0%)1.130.2879
 Overweight51 (10.0%)6 (4.8%)3 (30.0%)0.220.6411
 Obesity9 (1.8%)3 (2.4%)0 (0.0%)0.030.8533
Abdominal obesity
 Yes18 (3.5%)6 (4.8%)0 (0.0%)0.070.7918
 No492 (96.5%)120 (95.2%)10 (100.0%)

Data was presented as proportion and analyzed using Chi-square for trend.