Table 5 Fat intake (g) of Sri Lankan adults by socio-demographic characteristics
Characteristics | All subjects (n =463) | Men (n = 166) | Women (n = 297) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | ±SE | Median | Percentiles | Mean | ±SE | Median | Percentiles | Mean | ±SE | Median | Percentiles | ||||
25 | 75 | 25 | 75 | 25 | 75 | ||||||||||
Area of residence | |||||||||||||||
Urban | 35.3 | 1.3 | 31.3 | 23.8 | 43.2 | 42.8 | 2.98 | 37.1 | 27.6 | 58.2 | 32.2 | 1.3 | 29.8 | 22.8 | 38.5 |
Rural | 36.1 | 0.9 | 34.2 | 23.8 | 43.8 | 41.9 | 1.70 | 39.1 | 29.6 | 50.2 | 32.7 | 1.1 | 30.2 | 21.6 | 40.6 |
Estate | 24.8 | 1.8 | 22.3 | 17.0 | 34.8 | 27.3 | 2.39 | 22.8 | 17.9 | 35.4 | 21.6 | 2.6 | 18.7 | 14.6 | 26.4 |
Ethnicity | |||||||||||||||
Sinhala | 34.8 | 0.8 | 32.4 | 23.0 | 42.6 | 40.4 | 1.53 | 37.6 | 28.7 | 49.8 | 32.1 | 0.9 | 29.8 | 21.5 | 39.6 |
Muslim | 44.7 | 4.0 | 37.9 | 29.4 | 61.3 | 57.0 | 8.68 | 55.4 | 37.5 | 78.6 | 39.6 | 3.8 | 36.4 | 25.0 | 54.6 |
Sri Lankan Tamil | 39.0 | 2.9 | 32.8 | 25.6 | 52.0 | 48.2 | 4.67 | 46.0 | 30.2 | 62.9 | 30.6 | 2.4 | 28.6 | 22.1 | 35.4 |
Indian Tamil | 24.9 | 1.8 | 22.3 | 17.2 | 34.8 | 26.8 | 2.32 | 22.3 | 17.4 | 35.3 | 22.2 | 2.7 | 21.2 | 15.7 | 26.9 |
Age group (years) | |||||||||||||||
18-30 | 37.7 | 2.2 | 36.3 | 24.8 | 44.9 | 45.0 | 3.58 | 39.1 | 33.8 | 60.4 | 32.0 | 2.2 | 30.8 | 22.6 | 41.7 |
31-40 | 36.6 | 1.8 | 33.9 | 24.6 | 44.3 | 45.4 | 4.48 | 40.1 | 29.5 | 60.9 | 33.2 | 1.7 | 29.6 | 24.2 | 42.2 |
41-50 | 35.4 | 1.6 | 31.8 | 24.1 | 41.9 | 40.5 | 2.96 | 37.7 | 28.0 | 53.2 | 33.0 | 1.8 | 30.8 | 21.6 | 39.0 |
51-60 | 35.6 | 1.6 | 32.8 | 22.7 | 45.0 | 38.8 | 2.82 | 34.3 | 24.0 | 49.7 | 33.6 | 1.8 | 32.4 | 22.1 | 39.2 |
>61 | 30.8 | 1.4 | 27.4 | 20.7 | 39.6 | 36.1 | 2.39 | 34.2 | 23.7 | 46.8 | 27.3 | 1.7 | 24.4 | 19.0 | 33.0 |
Educational level | |||||||||||||||
No schooling | 23.6 | 2.1 | 20.5 | 16.4 | 30.8 | 26.6 | 3.34 | 22.8 | 17.9 | 32.8 | 21.4 | 2.6 | 19.5 | 13.6 | 29.0 |
Up to 5 years | 32.1 | 1.2 | 39.2 | 23.2 | 29.9 | 34.9 | 1.84 | 35.4 | 24.9 | 42.0 | 30.4 | 1.5 | 29.0 | 22.3 | 36.6 |
Up to O/L | 35.0 | 1.2 | 31.7 | 22.1 | 44.8 | 40.3 | 2.30 | 38.0 | 25.3 | 52.2 | 32.5 | 1.3 | 29.0 | 20.7 | 41.0 |
Up to A/L | 39.6 | 1.6 | 36.4 | 26.7 | 46.0 | 46.0 | 3.05 | 39.4 | 31.9 | 60.8 | 35.4 | 1.7 | 34.6 | 24.3 | 42.8 |
Graduate | 39.3 | 3.9 | 34.2 | 23.8 | 58.5 | 61.6 | 5.25 | 60.9 | 56.6 | 76.1 | 30.6 | 3.2 | 35.4 | 21.8 | 28.4 |
BMI category | |||||||||||||||
≤ 18.5 kgm-2 | 28.8 | 1.8 | 24.2 | 17.3 | 35.6 | 33.3 | 3.04 | 28.0 | 19.6 | 43.8 | 25.1 | 2.0 | 22.6 | 16.4 | 30.6 |
>18.5 - ≤ 22.9 kgm2 | 37.2 | 1.4 | 34.8 | 23.7 | 46.7 | 42.6 | 2.16 | 38.8 | 29.2 | 51.8 | 32.3 | 1.5 | 30.0 | 22.1 | 40.9 |
>23 - ≤ 24.9 kgm-2 | 34.2 | 1.6 | 32.5 | 25.4 | 39.5 | 39.0 | 3.52 | 33.7 | 26.9 | 57.5 | 32.0 | 1.5 | 32.6 | 25.6 | 38.0 |
> 25 - ≤ 27.5 kgm-2 | 36.8 | 1.6 | 35.8 | 24.1 | 45.5 | 42.2 | 3.06 | 38.3 | 29.6 | 53.3 | 34.8 | 1.9 | 32.8 | 22.2 | 44.8 |
≥ 27.5 kgm-2 | 34.0 | 2.0 | 28.7 | 24.0 | 40.0 | 44.9 | 7.02 | 37.8 | 26.4 | 66.2 | 32.3 | 2.0 | 28.6 | 22.4 | 39.3 |