Table 1 |
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Characteristics (mean and range) of study participants |
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Variable |
Mean (range) |
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Age (yrs) |
31.0 (20.0, 62.0) |
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Body Mass Index (kg/m2) |
22.7 (17.8, 31.3) |
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Freq (%) |
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Prepare own meals |
3 (6) |
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Live in urban area |
40 (80) |
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Married |
32 (64) |
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Ever smoked |
16 (32) |
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Education |
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Primary/illiterate (includes Coranic School education) |
14 (28) |
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First half of secondary school |
5 (10) |
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Last half of secondary school |
11 (22) |
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College education |
20 (40) |
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Ethnicity (Maternal) |
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Arab |
1 (2) |
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Diolas |
4 (8) |
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Mandingues |
6 (12) |
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Mencayne |
1 (2) |
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Pulaar |
12 (24) |
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Sereer |
11 (22) |
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Soninke |
1 (2) |
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Wolof |
14 (28) |
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Ethnicity (Paternal) |
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Arab |
1 (2) |
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Diolas |
4 (8) |
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Mandingues |
4 (8) |
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Mencayne |
1 (2) |
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Pulaar |
13 (26) |
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Sereer |
10 (20) |
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Soninke |
1 (2) |
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Wolof |
16 (32) |
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Anderson et al. Nutrition Journal 2010 9:7 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-9-7 |
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