Table 1 Characteristics of the participants across person-visits of different drinking water sources.

From: Associations of drinking rainwater with macro-mineral intake and cardiometabolic health: a pooled cohort analysis in Bangladesh, 2016–2019

Characteristics

Rainwater (N = 1620 person-visits)

Pond water (N = 2836 person-visits)

Coastal groundwater (N = 3225 person-visits)

Non-coastal groundwater (N = 1773 person-visits)

Age in years, mean (95% CI)

43.5 (42.8, 44.2)

43.2 (42.7, 43.8)

42.6 (42.1, 43.1)

40.7 (40.1, 41.4)

Male sex, % (n)

43.3 (702)

39.5 (1120)

40.0 (1291)

33.8 (599)

Body mass index, mean (95% CI)

22.9 (22.8, 23.2)

22.4 (22.2, 22.5)

21.9 (21.8, 22.0)

22.8 (22.6, 23.0)

Smoking categories, % (n)

Never

69.3 (1117)

59.9 (1694)

51.3 (1652)

74.2 (1304)

Former

7.8 (125)

10.2 (287)

8.5 (273)

19.4 (341)

Current

22.9 (370)

29.9 (847)

40.2 (1296)

6.4 (112)

Alcohol consumption, % (n)

2.1 (34)

1.9 (55)

3.5 (111)

2.8 (49)

WHO—work-related physical activity, % (n)

Sedentary

44.9 (724)

49.4 (1397)

31.5 (1015)

15.0 (265)

Moderatea

30.3 (489)

23.9 (675)

40.7 (1311)

56.6 (996)

Vigorousb

24.8 (399)

26.7 (756)

27.8 (895)

28.3 (497)

Hindu religion, % (n)

55.3 (895)

54.1 (1533)

60.3 (1943)

10.4 (185)

Hours of sleep, % (n)

<6 h

19.0 (307)

21.9 (618)

19.2 (617)

10.5 (185)

≥6 to <9 h

74.3 (1197)

64.9 (1836)

70.6 (2274)

82.9 (1457)

≥9 h

6.7 (108)

13.2 (374)

10.3 (330)

6.6 (115)

Added table salt with food, % (n)

49.8 (802)

60.0 (1698)

60.5 (1950)

84.1 (1478)

Household wealth index, % (n)

Lowest

15.8 (256)

18.6 (524)

27.2 (876)

10.9 (193)

Second

14.9 (241)

22.9 (644)

20.0 (643)

18.3 (324)

Third

13.4 (217)

20.3 (571)

20.8 (670)

21.6 (382)

Fourth

22.6 (366)

17.7 (498)

16.2 (521)

25.9 (458)

Highest

33.3 (538)

20.5 (578)

15.8 (507)

23.4 (415)

  1. CI confidence interval, IQR interquartile range, WHO World Health Organization.
  2. aWork-related moderate-intensity activity causes a small increase in breathing or heart rate (e.g., brisk walking or carrying light loads) for at least 10 min continuously.
  3. bWork-related vigorous-intensity activity causes a large increase in breathing or heart rate (e.g., carrying or lifting heavy loads, digging or construction work) for at least 10 min continuously.