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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study participants

From: Dietary adequacy of adult surgical orthopaedic patients admitted to a teaching hospital in Zambia; a hospital-based cross-sectional study

 

N = 98

Characteristic

n (%)

Mean ± SD

Age

  < 20

3 (3.1)

36.4 ± 9.44

 20–29

21 (21.4)

 30–39

29 (39.8)

 40–49

25 (25.5)

 50–64

10 (10.2)

Sex

 Male

62 (63.3)

 

 Female

36 (36.7)

 

Marital status

 Married

79 (80.6)

 

 Unmarried

19 (19.4)

 

No. of days spent in hospital since admission

 03–10

21 (21.4)

17.33 ± 10.91

 11–16

36 (36.7)

  > 16

41 (41.8)