Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population by health status
|  | Healthy (n = 98) | Obese (n = 102) | Gastro intestinal diseases (n = 100) | Kidney diseases (n = 100) | Cancer (n = 100) | Respiratory diseases (n = 101) | Neurologic diseases (n = 102) | Rheumatoid arthritis (n = 99) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Child’s age (y) (n = 800) | 9.5 ± 1.4 | 9.5 ± 1.3 | 10.8 ± 1.6 | 10.5 ± 1.4 | 10.2 ± 1.5 | 10.2 ± 1.4 | 10.4 ± 1.4 | 10.6 ± 1.3 | < 0.001 |
Mother’s age (y) (n = 788) | 37.2 ± 4.7 | 37.7 ± 5.0 | 38.7 ± 6.8 | 37.6 ± 6.0 | 37.4 ± 7.1 | 37.9 ± 8.0 | 37.9 ± 7.9 | 37.5 ± 7.5 | 0.839 |
Father’s age (y) (n = 773) | 42.1 ± 5.5 | 41.8 ± 6.2 | 43.3 ± 6.5 | 42.2 ± 6.5 | 42.2 ± 7.2 | 43.8 ± 8.5 | 42.9 ± 7.4 | 43.4 ± 8.7 | 0.477 |
Marital status of parents n(%) | |||||||||
-Divorced/widowed | 94(95.9) | 96(95.0) | 99(100.0) | 96(97.0) | 95(96.0) | 94(94.0) | 94(94.0) | 89(93.7) | 0.399 |
-Married | 4(4.1) | 5(5.0) | 0(0) | 3(3.0) | 4(4.0) | 6(6.0) | 6(6.0) | 6(6.3) | |
Level of education of mothers n(%) | |||||||||
-Less than high school diploma | 0(0) | 3(2.9) | 20(20.4) | 18(18.6) | 11(11.0) | 20(20.6) | 24(24.2) | 19(19.6) | < 0.001 |
-High school diploma | 19(19.8) | 30(29.4) | 27(27.6) | 39(40.2) | 35(35.0) | 36(37.1) | 33(33.3) | 34(35.1) | |
-Academic degrees | 77(80.2) | 69(67.6) | 51(52.0) | 40(41.2) | 54(54.0) | 41(42.3) | 42(42.4) | 44(45.4) | |
Level of education of fathers n(%) | |||||||||
-Less than high school diploma | 0(0) | 0(0) | 15(15.2) | 16(16.3) | 4(4.0) | 8(8.3) | 17(17.0) | 14(15.1) | < 0.001 |
-High school diploma | 3(3.1) | 14(14.0) | 16(16.2) | 21(21.4) | 24(24.0) | 27(28.1) | 19(19.0) | 19(20.4) | |
-Academic degrees | 94(96.9) | 86(86.0) | 68(68.7) | 61(62.2) | 72(72.0) | 61(63.5) | 64(64.0) | 60(64.5) | |
Employment status of mothers n(%) | |||||||||
-Housewife | 59(61.5) | 57(55.9) | 72(72.0) | 70(71.4) | 78(78.0) | 70(70.0) | 65(65.7) | 61(65.6) | 0.034 |
-Employed | 37(38.5) | 45(44.1) | 28(28.0) | 28(28.6) | 22(22.0) | 30(30.0) | 34(34.3) | 32(34.4) | |
Employment status of fathers n(%) | |||||||||
-Laborer | 0(0) | 0(0) | 9(9.0) | 12(12.4) | 4(4.0) | 3(3.1) | 9(9.1) | 11(11.8) | 0.002 |
-Employee | 34(36.2) | 34(35.1) | 38(38.0) | 41(42.3) | 45(45.0) | 35(36.5) | 36(36.4) | 29(31.2) | |
-Other | 57(60.6) | 61(62.9) | 53(53.0) | 42(43.3) | 51(51.0) | 57(59.4) | 50(50.5) | 50(53.8) | |
-Retired | 3(3.2) | 2(2.1) | 0(0) | 2(2.1) | 0(0) | 1(1.0) | 4(4.0) | 3(3.2) | |