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Table 1 Socio demographic and exercise related characteristics

From: Iron, folate and vitamin B12 status of Ethiopian professional runners

Variables

Frequency

Percent

Sport category and sex

  

 Marathon runners

  

  Male

10

9.9

  Female

6

6

 Long (5 &10 km) runners

  

  Male

8

8

  Female

10

9.9

 steeplechase (3 km)

  

  Male

9

9

  Female

5

5

 Middle distance (800 m) 

  

  Male

12

11.8

  Female

10

9.9

 Short (100–400 m)

  

  Male

18

17.8

  Female

13

12.9

 Weekly training days

  

  7 days per week

6

6

  6 days per week

79

78

  5 days per week

8

8

  3–4 days per week

7

7

 Training hour per day

  

  1:30–1:45 h

44

43.56

  2:00–2:30 h

57

56.44

 Sleeping hour per day

  

   > 12 h

4

4

  11–12 h

29

28.7

  9–10 h

50

49.5

  7–8 h

16

15.8

  6 or less Hrs

2

2

 Training place

  

  Stadium, sululta, gefersa, holeta.

28

27.7

  Stadium, sebeta,Ararat, CMC.

26

25.7

  Stadium, entoto, mekele, A.kality.

32

31.7

  Mixture of all

15

14.8

 Athletes age range

  

  17–18

19

18.8

  19–25

72

71.3

  26–35

10

9.9

 Religion

  

  Orthodox

68

67.3

  Muslim

10

9.9

  Protestant*

22

21.8

  Others

1

1

 Ethnicity

  

  Oromo

42

41.6

  Amahara

26

25.7

  Tigre

13

12.9

  Others**

20

19.8

 Marital status

  

  Single

99

98

  Married

2

2

  Divorced

0

0

  Widowed

0

0

 Sex of athletes

  

  Male

57

56.4

  Female

44

43.6

 Average monthly income (ETB)

  

   ≤ 1000

9

9

  1001–1500

24

23.8

  1501–1999

47

46.5

  2000–2500

17

16.9

  2501–3500

4

4

  1. *Hawariat; **Welaita, Sidama, Gurague, Harari, Hadya, Hamer & Benishangul