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Table 3 Community and weight status by physical activity category

From: The association between dietary consumption, anthropometric measures and body composition of rural and urban Ghanaian adults: a comparative cross-sectional study

Variable

Total

Not meeting WHO recommendation

n(%)

Meeting WHO recommendation

n(%)

P-value

BMI

 Underweight

9 (1.7)

5 (1.9)

4 (1.5)

 

 Normal

237 (43.9)

95 (35.8)

142 (51.6)

0.003

 Overweight

167 (30.9)

91 (34.3)

76 (27.6)

 

 Obese

127 (23.5)

74 (27.9)

53 (19.3)

 

Visceral fat

 Normal

419 (78.5)

187 (71.6)

232 (85.0)

< 0.001

 Obese

115 (21.5)

74 (28.4)

41 (15.0)

 

Body fat

 Underweight

46 (8.6)

17 (6.5)

29 (10.6)

 

 Normal

192 (35.9)

81 (31.0)

111 (40.5)

0.007

 Overweight

125 (23.4)

63 (24.1)

62 (22.6)

 

 Obese

172 (32.1)

100 (38.3)

72 (26.3)

 

Waist circumference

 Normal

166 (33.3)

62 (25.8)

104 (40.2)

 

 Overweight

104 (20.8)

48 (20.0)

56 (21.6)

0.001

 Obese

229 (45.9)

130 (54.2)

99 (38.2)

 

Community

 Rural

280 (51.1)

115 (42.6)

165 (59.4)

< 0.001

 Urban

268 (48.9)

155 (57.5)

113 (40.6)

 

Gender

 Male

111 (20.4)

43 (16.0)

68 (24.8)

0.010

 Female

447 (79.8)

226 (84.0)

211 (75.6)

 
  1. WHO recommendation is equivalent to 600 or more of Metabolic equivalents per week. Chi-square test was used to find differences by community and gender. Fisher Exact Test was done for cells with counts less than 5