Cross-sectional dietary deficiencies among a prison population in Papua New Guinea

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of male prisoners and guards at Beon prison

Characteristic	Prisoners n=148^a	Guards n=13^a	P ^b
Characteristic	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	P ^b
Age (years)	31.0 (7.93)	47.3 (10.2)	<0.001
Height (cm)	164 (6.83)	167 (4.27)	0.112
Weight (kg)	60.6 (6.92)	75.8 (14.1)	<0.001
BMI (kg/m²)	22.5 (2.25)	27.1 (5.22)	<0.001
Time incarceration at Beon (months)	24.7 (27.9)	-
	n (%)	n (%)
Smoking status
Current	103 (71)	3 (23)	<0.001
Past	31 (21)	0 (0)
Never	12 (8.2)	10 (77)
Tobacco use
None	43 (29)	9 (75)
<1 cigarette/day	48 (33)	0 (0)	0.001
1-10 cigarettes/day	46 (32)	1 (8.3)
≥10 cigarettes/day	9 (6.2)	2 (17)
Alcohol status
Current	19 (13)	8 (62)	<0.001
Past	115 (79)	0 (0)
Never	12 (8.2)	5 (38)
Alcohol consumption
None	128 (90)	5 (38)
<1 unit/day	1 (0.7)	0 (0)	<0.001
1-2 units/day	2 (1.4)	2 (15)
≥3 units/day	12 (8.4)	6 (46)

^a Not all data are complete.
^b P value generated from Student’s t-test (parametric data) or Fisher’s exact test (non-parametric data).
^c Unit of alcohol = 1 bottle/can beer, 125 mL home-made alcohol, 1 glass of wine or 10 mL spirits.

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