Skip to main content

Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Relationship between body image and weight status in east Asian countries: comparison between South Korea and Taiwan

 

Korea (n = 1576)

Taiwan (n = 2199)

Chi-squared

N

(%)

N

(%)

Weight status

50.29***

 Underweight/Normal

887

57.0

988

47.2

 Overweight

314

20.2

412

19.7

 Obese/Severely obese

355

22.8

695

33.2

Body shape image

64.49***

 Underweight

273

17.4

299

13.6

 Normal

735

46.7

820

37.3

 Overweight

565

35.9

1078

49.1

Gender: female

832

52.8

1113

50.6

1.74

Married (Cohabiting)

1007

64.1

1309

59.7

7.61**

Urban

1353

86.3

1802

82.6

9.37**

Never smoking

1136

72.3

1282

58.3

345.25***

Never drinking

1064

67.6

1562

71.1

5.21*

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t

Age (year)

48.94

58.5

46.78

17.7

1.63

Education year

11.89

4.3

11.40

5.1

3.12**

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001