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Table 2 Physical and Biochemical Measurements Characteristic among Adults in Urban Community of Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia 2019 (N = 915)

From: Metabolic syndrome distributions in dietary diversity score groups and its associated factors among adults in the urban community of Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia: a community based cross- sectional study

Variable

Category

Frequency

Percent

Anthropometry indices

Body mass index

Underweight

Normal

Overweight

Obese

  
 

135

14.8

 

525

57.4

 

177

19.3

 

78

8.5

 

Waist circumferences

Normal

Central obesity

698

76.3

 

217

23.7

 

Waist to hip ratio

  
 

Normal

243

26.6

 

Elevated

672

73.4

Hypertension

Yes

194

21.2

 

No

721

78.8

Lipid profiles

Total cholesterol

<200 mg/dl

≥200 mg/dl

  

789

86.2

126

13.8

HDL cholesterol

Low

Normal

  

455

460

49.7

50.3

LDL cholesterol

<100 mg/dl

≥100 mg/dl

  

604

66.0

311

34.0

 

Triacylglycerol

<150 mg/dl

≥150 mg/dl

660

72.1

 

255

27.9