ORIGIN
The study also focused on patient origins. The table below
presents a summarization.
Table III. Distribution of patients according to their
origins
|
Origin
|
Numberof patients
|
%
|
|
National Electricity Company
|
53
|
33
|
|
University Clinics of Kinshasa
|
25
|
15,6
|
|
Commercial Banks of the Congo
|
23
|
14,4
|
|
Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
|
17
|
10,63
|
|
Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital
|
15
|
9,4
|
|
Kinshasa Medical Center (CMK)
|
14
|
8,8
|
|
United Nations Observer Mission for the Stabilization of Congo
(MONUSCO)
|
13
|
8,1
|
|
Total
|
160
|
100,0
|
The majority of patients come from the National Electricity
Company with a percentage of 33%.
ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF
PATIENTS
BODY MASS INDEX (BMI)
The study of the body mass index
gave rise to the results reported in the table below.
Table IV. Patient distribution according to BMI
|
BMI
|
Number of patients
|
%
|
|
Weight loss
|
4
|
2,8
|
|
Normal
|
38
|
23,5
|
|
Overweight
|
55
|
34,3
|
|
Obesity
|
63
|
39,4
|
Table IV indicates that the majority of patients (39.4%) were
obese.
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