Variable/domain | Personal | Social environment | Physical environment | Total score |
---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |
Age cluster | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Young | 31.9 ± 8.3 | 8.7 ± 2.9 | 11.5 ± 3.6 | 52.2 ± 12.5 |
Middle age | 32.5 ± 9.0 | 9.3 ± 2.8 | 12.0 ± 3.8 | 53.7 ± 13.2 |
elderly | 32.8 ± 10.3 | 8.9 ± 2.8 | 12.1 ± 4.1 | 53.8 ± 15.1 |
p value | 0.667 | 0.059 | 0.294 | 0.417 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Malay | 34.1 ± 9.0a | 8.9 ± 2.7 | 11.8 ± 3.7 | 54.9 ± 13.3a |
Chinese | 31.2 ± 8.9 | 9.1 ± 3.0 | 11.9 ± 3.8 | 52.1 ± 13.4 |
p value | <0.001* | 0.350 | 0.689 | 0.007* |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Single | 32.2 ± 7.7 | 8.4 ± 2.5 | 11.7 ± 3.5 | 52.2 ± 11.2 |
Married | 32.4 ± 9.4 | 9.2 ± 2.9a | 11.9 ± 3.9 | 53.6 ± 13.9 |
p value | 0.717 | 0.002* | 0.552 | 0.278 |
Employment status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Unemployed | 32.3 ± 9.4 | 8.3 ± 2.6 | 12.2 ± 3.9 | 52.8 ± 13.8 |
Employed | 32.5 ± 8.9 | 9.4 ± 2.9a | 11.7 ± 3.7 | 53.5 ± 13.2 |
p value | 0.826 | <0.001* | 0.170 | 0.473 |
Educational level | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Primary | 35.3 ± 9.4a | 9.4 ± 3.1 | 13.7 ± 4.1a | 58.5 ± 13.9a |
Secondary | 33.0 ± 9.1a | 9.1 ± 2.9 | 12.0 ± 3.7b | 54.0 ± 13.4b |
Tertiary | 30.3 ± 8.5b | 8.8 ± 2.7 | 11.0 ± 3.4c | 50.0 ± 12.3c |
p value | <0.001* | 0.166 | <0.001* | <0.001* |
Monthly household income | Â | Â | Â | Â |
<RM1500 | 34.7 ± 9.8a | 8.9 ± 2.7 | 12.8 ± 4.0a | 56.4 ± 14.2a |
RM1500-RM3500 | 32.5 ± 8.6b | 9.2 ± 3.0 | 12.0 ± 3.8a | 53.6 ±13.0a |
>RM3500 | 30.5 ± 8.6c | 8.9 ± 2.8 | 11.0 ± 3.4b | 50.7 ± 12.7b |
p value | <0.001* | 0.399 | <0.001* | <0.001* |
BMI | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Underweight | 32.4 ± 10.0 | 9.0 ± 3.1 | 13.4 ± 3.8 | 54.8 ± 14.9 |
Normal | 31.0 ± 9.0a | 8.8 ± 2.9a | 11.8 ± 3.9 | 51.5 ± 13.5a |
Overweight | 33.1 ± 8.7b | 9.1 ± 2.8 | 11.6 ± 3.4 | 53.9 ± 12.8a |
Obese | 36.3 ± 8.8c | 9.8 ± 2.7b | 12.4 ± 4.2 | 58.5 ± 13.3b |
p value | <0.001* | 0.034* | 0.073 | <0.001* |
Waist circumference | Â | Â | Â | Â |
<90cm | 31.2 ± 8.9 | 8.8 ± 3.0 | 12.0 ± 3.8 | 51.9 ± 13.4 |
≥90cm | 33.7 ± 9.1a | 9.3 ± 2.8a | 11.8 ± 3.7 | 54.8 ± 13.3a |
p value | <0.001* | 0.043* | 0.546 | 0.003* |
Physical activity | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Sedentary | 38.2 ± 7.5a | 10.7 ± 2.4a | 13.4 ± 3.3a | 62.4 ± 10.1a |
Insufficiently active | 32.5 ± 8.9b | 9.1 ± 2.8b | 12.0 ± 3.7b | 53.5 ± 13.0b |
Sufficiently active | 30.8 ± 9.0c | 8.5 ± 2.8c | 11.4 ± 3.9b | 50.7 ± 13.8c |
p value | <0.001* | <0.001* | <0.001* | <0.001* |