Sociodemographic characteristics of urban and rural 25–74 year-old participants from the Yangon Region, Myanmar
| Urban (n=693) N (%) | Rural (n=679) N (%) | Total (n=1372) N (%) | P values* | |
| Gender | 0.794 | |||
| Male | 339 (48.9) | 342 (50.4) | 681 (49.6) | |
| Female | 354 (51.1) | 337 (49.6) | 691 (50.4) | |
| Age group, years | 0.005 | |||
| 25–34 | 123 (17.8) | 136 (20.0) | 259 (18.9) | |
| 35–44 | 144 (20.8) | 172 (25.3) | 316 (23.0) | |
| 45–54 | 160 (23.1) | 167 (24.6) | 327 (23.8) | |
| 55–64 | 164 (23.7) | 142 (20.9) | 306 (22.3) | |
| 65–74 | 102 (14.7) | 62 (9.1) | 164 (12.0) | |
| Education level | 0.000 | |||
| No formal education | 18 (2.6) | 68 (10.0) | 86 (6.3) | |
| Primary education | 189 (27.4) | 452 (66.6) | 641 (46.8) | |
| Secondary education | 301 (43.4) | 122 (17.9) | 423 (30.8) | |
| Higher education | 185 (26.6) | 37 (5.5) | 222 (16.2) | |
| Daily income† (n=1293), USD/day | 0.000 | |||
| <1.9 | 296 (42.7) | 447 (65.8) | 743 (54.2) | |
| 1.9–3.09 | 141 (20.4) | 111 (16.4) | 252 (18.4) | |
| ≥3.1 | 197 (28.4) | 101 (14.9) | 298 (21.7) | |
| Current smoker | 0.001 | |||
| Yes | 126 (18.2) | 178 (26.2) | 304 (22.2) | |
| No | 567 (81.8) | 501 (73.8) | 1068 (77.8) | |
| Current alcohol drinker | 0.014 | |||
| Yes | 91 (13.1) | 125 (18.4) | 216 (15.7) | |
| No | 602 (86.9) | 554 (81.6) | 1156 (84.3) | |
| Physical activity, MET/week | 0.370 | |||
| >600 | 604 (87.2) | 605 (89.1) | 1209 (88.1) | |
| <600 | 89 (12.8) | 74 (10.9) | 163 (11.9) | |
| Fruit and vegetable consumption, servings/day | 0.000 | |||
| ≥5 | 118 (17.0) | 20 (2.9) | 1 (10.1) | |
| <5 | 575 (83.0) | 657 (97.1) | 1232 (89.9) | |
| Body mass index | 0.000 | |||
| Overweight | 214 (31.0) | 160 (23.6) | 374 (27.3) | |
| Obesity | 94 (13.6) | 50 (7.4) | 144 (10.5) | |
| Central obesity | 0.543 | |||
| Yes | 262 (37.8) | 245 (36.1) | 507 (36.9) | |
| No | 431 (62.2) | 434 (63.9) | 432 (63.1) | |
*χ2 and nptrend.
†79 missing due to refusal to answer.
MET, metabolic equivalent task.