Table 1 |
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| Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants | |||
| High-Income Neighbourhood | Low-Income Neighbourhood | ||
| n = 103 | n = 101 | ||
| Males | 50 (49.5%) | 51 (49.5%) | 1.00 |
| Age | 51.3 ± 8.9 | 49.9 ± 7.4 | 0.002 |
| Married | 99 (96.1%) | 100 (99.0%) | 0.181 |
| Current smoking | 1(1.0%) | 10 (9.9%) | 0.005 |
| Ethnicity | 0.004 | ||
| Hindu | 72 (69.9%) | 89 (88.1%) | |
| Sikh | 29 (28.2%) | 12 (11.9%) | |
| Jain | 2 (1.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Formal education | < 0.001 | ||
| Illiterate | 25 (24.2%) | 3 (3.0%) | |
| Primary | 15 (14.6%) | 11 (10.9%) | |
| Secondary | 17 (16.5%) | 38 (37.6%) | |
| Higher than secondary | 46 (44.7%) | 49 (48.5%) | |
| Household income quartiles* | 0.461 | ||
| Rs. 1000 – 6000 | 33 (32.1%) | 33 (32.7%) | |
| Rs. 6001 – 10000 | 26 (25.2%) | 33 (32.7%) | |
| Rs. 10001 – 20000 | 26 (25.2%) | 24 (23.8%) | |
| 20001 – 35000 | 18 (17.5%) | 11 (10.8%) | |
Categorical variables presented as n (%); continuous variables presented as mean ± SD; Differences in age tested by independent t test and in the rest of variables using Chi-square test.
* Monthly personal income 100 Indian rupees equals $2 USD; exchange rate 0.02013 [49.6736] on May 1st, 2009 (date of participant recruitment), Bank of Canada http://www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/exchange/10-year-converter/ webcite.
Aloia et al. Nutrition Journal 2013 12:4 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-12-4
