Table 2 Participants’ socio-demographic characteristics and baseline measures of study outcomes (n = 356)
Study completers | Study dropouts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Women | Men | All | All |
(n = 220) | (n = 136) | (n = 356) | (n = 126) | |
Female, % | .. | .. | 61.8 | 61.2 |
Ethnic group, % | ||||
Indigenous | 2.8 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 1.2 |
Mestizo | 81.6 | 90.2 | 84.9 | 90.5 |
Afro descendants | 14.8 | 9.0 | 12.6 | 8.3 |
Other/Don’t know/Not stated | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Median age [IQR] | 39.0 [16.0] | 38.0 [15.0] | 40.0 [15.0] | 39.0 [15.0] |
Median household size, n [IQR] | 4.0 [2.5] | 4.0 [3.0] | 4.0 [2.5] | 4.0 [2.7] |
Actually has work, % | 22.3 | 52.9 | 34.0 | 35.7 |
Completed primary level education, % | 46.8 | 61.0 | 52.2 | 44.6 |
Baseline measures of study outcomes | ||||
Median 8-item food insecurity scorea [IQR] | 6.0 [5.0] | 6.0 [5.0] | 6.0 [5.0] | 6.0 [5.0] |
Median 15-item food insecurity scorea [IQR] | 11.0 [9.0] | 8.0 [10.0] | 9.5 [8.0] | 10.0 [8.0] |
Median nutritional knowledge score [IQR] | 11.0 [2.0] | 11.0 [2.0] | 11.0 [2.0] | 11.0 [4.0] |
Median # times ate in past 24 hours [IQR] | 3.0 [1.0] | 4.0 [1.0] | 4.0 [1.0] | 3.5 [1.0] |
Median # food types at meals (past 24 hrs) [IQR] | 2.0 [2.0] | 2.0 [1.0] | 2.0 [2.0] | 2.0 [2.0] |
Median Body Mass Index [IQR] | 23.4 [7.1] | 21.6 [5.4] | 22.5 [6.6] | 21.3 [6.1] |
Underweight (<18.5), % | 7.3 | 10.3 | 8.4 | 21.4 |
Normal (18.5-24.9), % | 49.1 | 61.8 | 54.0 | 51.8 |
Overweight (25.0-29.9), % | 26.4 | 19.9 | 23.9 | 17.0 |
Obese (30.0+), % | 17.3 | 8.1 | 13.8 | 9.8 |
Median mid-arm [IQR] | 27.0 [6.1] | 27.0 [4.0] | 27.0 [5.6] | 26.0 [4.1] |
Median Waist circumference [IQR] | 85.0 [17.0] | 80.2 [14.0] | 83.0 [16.0] | 83.0 [16.0] |