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Table 1 Age-standardized trends in body mass index, smoking and alcohol consumption, 1989–2004, and categories of physical activity and fruit and vegetable intake in 2004

From: Divergent fifteen-year trends in traditional and cardiometabolic risk factors of cardiovascular diseases in the Seychelles

 

Men

Women

Total

Value

1989

2004

P

1989

2004

P

1989

2004

P

Body mass index (kg/m2)

         

   mean (SD)

23.3 (3.7)

25.5 (4.7)

***

25.9 (5.7)

28.3 (6.3)

***

24.6 (5.0)

26.9 (5.7)

***

   <18.5

8

4

 

3

1

 

5

3

 

   18.5–24.9

62

39

 

35

21

 

49

30

 

   25.0–29.9

23

33

 

27

26

 

25

30

 

   30.0–39.9

6

22

 

32

43

 

19

32

 

   ≥40

1

2

 

3

9

 

2

5

 

Daily cigarette smoking

         

   Yes

50

36

***

10

4

***

30

17

***

   mean cig/day per smoker

12.7

30.8

*

6.9

8.1

ns

11.7

10.1

*

Alcohol intake (ml/day)

         

   mean (SD)

71 (86)

40 (62)

**

9 (29)

4 (13)

**

40 (81)

22 (61)

*

   0

25

39

 

72

82

 

48

61

 

   1–29

19

22

 

20

14

 

19

18

 

   30–74

23

24

 

5

3

 

14

14

 

   75–119

14

7

 

2

1

 

8

4

 

   ≥120

20

7

 

1

0

 

11

4

 

All alcoholic beverages

         

   percent drinkers

75

61

***

30

18

***

52

39

***

   mean alcohol per drinker

94.8

65.9

***

30.5

20.4

*

77.5

55.5

***

Commercial alcoholic beverages

         

   percent drinkers

71

58

***

26

18

***

49

38

***

   mean alcohol per drinker

40.1

41.7

ns

16.7

17.7

ns

33.7

36.2

ns

Homebrews

         

   percent drinkers

37

12

***

8

1

***

23

6

***

   mean alcohol per drinker

114.7

135.4

ns

44.3

41.5

ns

104.8

126.1

ns

Fruit and vegetables (%)

         

   <3 portions per day

 

65

  

63

  

64

 

   3–4 portions per day

 

33

  

33

  

33

 

   ≥5 portions per day

 

2

  

4

  

3

 

Physical activity

         

Physical activity at work

         

   percent reporting activitya

 

61

  

62

  

61

 

   median MET-min/week

 

2880

  

2880

  

2880

 

Walking to places

         

   percent reporting activitya

 

57

  

71

  

64

 

   median MET-min/week

 

700

  

600

  

600

 

Physical activity during leisure time

         

   percent reporting activitya

 

41

  

41

  

41

 

   median MET-min/week

 

1200

  

600

  

720

 

Any physical activity (percent)

         

   low (<600)

 

19

  

17

  

18

 

   moderate (600–2999)

 

36

  

43

  

40

 

   high (>3000)

 

45

  

40

  

42

 
  1. Results are presented as percentage (prevalence), mean or median.
  2. ns: not statistically significant; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.
  3. a report physical activity for at least 10 min at a time during on at least one day per week in the specified domain.
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