Table 1: Baseline characteristics.

Overall n (%) Male n(%) Female n(%) p-value
Age groups
≤24 years 215 (4.5) 91 (4.0) 124 (4.9)
25 – 34 1185 (24.5) 541 (23.5) 644 (25.5)
35 – 44 1673 (34.7) 773 (33.6) 900 (35.6) 0.000
45 – 54 1408 (29.2) 681 (29.6) 727 (28.7)
55 – 64 333 (6.9) 200 (8.7) 133 (5.3)
≥65 14 (0.3) 13 (0.6) 1 (0.0)
Level of education
No formal education 59 (1.3) 49 (2.2) 10 (0.4) 0.000
Primary education 568 (12.4) 356 (16.1) 212 (8.9)
Secondary education 1258 (27.7) 556 (25.2) 702 (29.6)
Tertiary education 1783 (38.9) 779 (35.3) 1004 (42.3)
Post-graduate education 911 (19.9) 467 (21.2) 444 (18.7)
Marital Status
Single 934 (19.8) 442 (19.9) 492 (19.8)
Married 3606 (76.6) 1766 (79.3) 1840 (74.1) 0.000
Widowed 131 (2.8) 10 (0.4) 121 (4.9)
Separated 38 (0.8) 8 (0.4) 30 (1.2)
Employment Grade Level
Junior staff 1162 (29.1) 555 (28.8) 607 (29.5)
Middle level 2125 (53.2) 962 (49.8) 1163 (56.4) 0.000
Senior level 704 (17.6) 413 (21.4) 291 (14.1)
History of cigarette smoking 138 (2.9) 99 (4.3) 39 (1.5) 0.000
Consumes red meat daily 1555 (32.1) 816 (35.4) 735 (29.1) 0.000
Excessive alcohol consumption 411 (8.5) 353 (15.3) 58 (2.3) 0.000
Spend up to 8 hours daily in sitting position 1187 (24.5) 560 (24.3) 627 (24.7) 0.005

N=frequency