Table 1 Characteristics of the Oceanic populations
Polynesia | Melanesia | Micronesia | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tonga (Ha’apai) | Tonga (Nuku’alofa) | Munda | Kusaghe | Ravaki | |||||||||||
Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
No. of subjects | 11 | 21 | 32 | 44 | 95 | 139 | 81 | 89 | 170 | 102 | 100 | 202 | 83 | 68 | 151 |
Age (years)a | 42.4±12.7 | 47.0±10.2 | 45.4±11.1 | 46.4±12.3 | 42.4±11.8 | 43.7±12.1 | 44.9±13.5 | 41.9±12.3 | 43.3±13.0 | 35.6±12.4 | 35.7±11.6 | 35.7±12.0 | 34.0±13.8 | 32.0±10.4 | 33.1±12.3 |
Height (cm)a | 178.6±6.7 | 162.7±4.6 | 168.2±9.3 | 173.7±4.7 | 164.1±5.5 | 167.1±6.9 | 165.5±5.6 | 154.3±4.8 | 159.9±7.5 | 163.8±5.6 | 155.3±4.8 | 159.6±6.7 | 169.6±6.5 | 159.7±6.4 | 165.2±8.1 |
Weight (kg)a | 89.8±10.9 | 84.8±16.6 | 86.6±14.9 | 101.4±21.1 | 96.9±18.6 | 98.3±19.5 | 69.8±13.9 | 63.8±12.4 | 66.7±13.5 | 62.1±6.1 | 60.4±7.6 | 61.2±6.9 | 75.9±13.4 | 77.4±18.8 | 76.5±16.0 |
BMI (kg/m2)a | 28.2±3.6 | 32.0±5.8 | 30.7±5.4 | 33.5±6.4 | 35.9±6.2 | 35.1±6.4 | 25.5±4.7 | 26.7±5.1 | 26.1±5.0 | 23.1±1.8 | 25.0±2.8 | 24.1±2.5 | 26.3±3.9 | 30.1±6.1 | 28.0±5.3 |
% obesity (BMI⩾27) | 63.6 | 85.7 | 78.1 | 84.1 | 89.5 | 87.8 | 37.0 | 48.3 | 42.9 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 13.4 | 32.5 | 67.6 | 48.3 |
