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Table 1 Distribution of study participants by region and sex, Jimma University, March 2016

From: Developing an equation for estimating body height from linear body measurements of Ethiopian adults

Region

Male (n = 320)

Female (n = 318)

Total (n = 638)

Oromiya

119 (37.2)

200 (62.9)

319 (50)

Amhara

24 (7.5)

27 (8.5)

51 (8.0)

SNNPR

102 (31.9)

53 (16.7)

155 (24.3)

Tigray

10 (3.1)

6 (1.9)

16 (2.5)

AA

8 (2.5)

23 (7.2)

31 (4.9)

Benshangul

11 (3.4)

0 (0.0)

11 (1.7)

Dire dawa

2 (0.6)

2 (0.6)

4 (0.6)

Somalia

19 (5.9)

0 (0.0)

19 (3.0)

Gambella

22 (6.9)

7 (2.2)

29 (4.5)

Harrari

3 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.5)