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Table 3 Sex-specific Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity by Different Socio-economic Status Indices

From: Socioeconomic inequality of overweight and obesity of the elderly in Iran: Bushehr Elderly Health (BEH) Program

 

Overweight N (%)

Obesity N (%)

 

Men

P

Women

P

Men

P

Women

P

Asset Index

Quintile 1

116 (49.0)

<0.001*

283 (68.7)

0.001*

29 (12.5)

0.118*

110 (27.4)

<0.001*

Quintile 2

131 (53.0)

215 (70.7)

28 (11.5)

93 (31.2)

Quintile 3

171 (59.2)

229 (73.6)

43 (15.0)

106 (34.5)

Quintile 4

181 (58.0)

228 (77.8)

57 (18.5)

113 (39.0)

Quintile 5

241 (65.1)

176 (78.2)

54 (14.7)

89 (40.5)

C Monthly Household Income

(10,000 RLS)

<250

68 (53.1)

0.001*

171 (65.0)

0.006*

14 (11.2)

0.352*

63 (25.2)

0.100*

250–500

70 (59.3)

141 (72.7)

17 (14.5)

52 (27.5)

500–1000

430 (53.4)

649 (74.5)

113 (14.2)

317 (36.8)

1000–2000

243 (66.8)

140 (80.0)

59 (16.3)

68 (39.1)

>2000

21 (70.0)

13 (81.3)

6 (20.7)

6 (37.5)

Education level

No Education

174 (55.2)

0.664*

536 (69.0)

0.256*

47 (15.3)

0.092*

219 (29.1)

0.018*

Primary

227 (56.8)

350 (76.3)

54 (13.6)

161 (35.5)

Secondary

159 (57.6)

114 (75.5)

43 (15.8)

63 (42.0)

High School

171 (59.6)

104 (83.2)

49 (17.1)

52 (41.6)

University

109 (61.6)

27 (81.8)

18 (10.2)

16 (48.5)

Employment Status

Employed

75 (56.4)

0.762

16 (69.6)

0.452

22 (16.5)

0.173

10 (43.5)

0.122

Unemployed**

70 (55.1)

1017 (72.9)

11 (9.1)

450 (32.9)

Retired

695 (58.2)

98 (77.8)

178 (15.0)

51 (40.8)

  1. *Ps = Trend test across ordered groups
  2. **Homemaker for women
  3. P for Pearson Chi-squared test