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Table 1 Demographics of Singapore and Malaysia participants recruited from the SMCGES for the current assessment

From: A broad assessment of forty-one skin phenotypes reveals complex dimensions of skin ageing

Demographics

All respondents (N = 3876)a

Chinese respondents (n = 3281)a

Age, mean (SD), y

25.7 (6.9)

25.7 (6.9)

Height, mean (SD), cm

165.0 (8.7)

165.2 (8.4)

Weight, mean (SD), kg

60.6 (13.3)

59.8 (12.7)

BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2

22.2 (4.9)

21.8 (3.7)

Sexb

 Male

1352 (34.9)

1146 (34.9)

 Female

2524 (65.1)

2135 (65.1)

Racec

 Chinese

3281 (84.6)

3281 (100)

 Malay

194 (5.0)

0 (0)

 Indian

226 (5.8)

0 (0)

 Othersd

175 (4.5)

0 (0)

Total monthly family income per capitac

 Low

482 (12.4)

377 (11.5)

 Moderate

922 (23.8)

760 (23.2)

 High

965 (24.9)

825 (25.1)

 Very high

1501 (38.7)

1313 (40.0)

 Missing/Invalide

6 (0.2)

6 (0.2)

Housingc

 Flat

1819 (46.9)

1621 (49.4)

 Condominium/Private Apartment

996 (25.7)

795 (24.2)

 Landed Property

1053 (27.2)

857 (26.1)

 Missing/Invalide

8 (0.2)

8 (0.2)

Perceived Stress (measured using the PSS)c

 Low

Low

Low

 Moderate

Moderate

Moderate

 High

High

High

 Missing/Invalide

Missing/Invalide

Missing/Invalide

  1. Abbreviations: SMCGES Singapore/Malaysia Cross-sectional Genetics Epidemiology Study, SD standard deviation, y years, cm centimetres, kg kilograms, BMI body mass index, kg/m2 kilograms per square metre, PSS perceived stress scale
  2. aData are presented as number (percentage) of study participants. The values after ± are standard deviation values
  3. bSex was self-reported
  4. cPercentages may not total 100 due to rounding
  5. dThe other category included Arabs, Bulgarian, Burmese, Canadian, Egyptian, Filipino, German, Indonesian, Iranian, Japanese, Javanese, Khmer, Korean, Maldivian, Mauritian, Mexican, Mongolian, Nepali, Persian, Russian, Saudi, Siamese, Sri Lankan Moor, Sudanese, Trinidadian-British, Turkmen, Vietnamese, Whites, and Zimbabweans. All races were self-reported
  6. eMissing/Invalid referred to responses that were either left blank or otherwise invalid