Consumption and acceptability of whole grain staples for lowering markers of diabetes risk among overweight and obese Tanzanian adults

Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population by gender and region (N=46)

	Gender		p - value*	Region		p - value*
	Men(N = 18)	Women(N = 26)		Dar es Salaam(N = 23)	Morogoro(N = 21)
Age (years)	48 ± 5	48 ± 5	0.77	48 ± 6	47 ± 5	0.46
Body mass index (kg/ m ² )	30 ± 5	33 ± 5	0.03	31 ± 4	33 ± 5	0.39
Marital status (%)
Single	0	16		-	19
Married	89	65	0.14	83	67	0.09
Other	11	19		17	14
Education level(%)
Secondary	33	46		70	9
Vocational	23	50	0.01	17	62	<0.001
Advanced secondary	11	0		4	5
College/University	33	4		9	24
Household size**
Total	-	-	-	7 ± 3	6 ± 2	0.29
Adults (≥ 18 years)	-	-	-	4 ± 2	4 ± 1	0.39
Children (< 18 years)	-	-	-	3 ± 2	3 ± 1	0.76
Price/ Kg (Tshs)** ^†
White rice	-	-	-	1300 ± 300	1100 ± 340	0.05
Refined maize flour	-	-	-	770 ± 80	660 ± 80	<0.001

*P-values are presented as X² tests for categorical variables and Wilcoxon for continuous variables.
**Family size and price/kg of white rice and refined maize flour are not expected to differ by gender.
^†1 US dollar = 1585 Tanzanian shillings (Tshs).

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