Socioeconomic - related inequalities in overweight and obesity: findings from the PERSIAN cohort study

Najafi, Farid; Soltani, Shahin; Karami Matin, Behzad; Kazemi Karyani, Ali; Rezaei, Satar; Soofi, Moslem; Salimi, Yahya; Moradinazar, Mehdi; Hajizadeh, Mohammad; Barzegar, Loghman; Pasdar, Yahya; Hamzeh, Behrooz; Haghdoost, Ali Akbar; Malekzadeh, Reza; Poustchi, Hossein; Eghtesad, Sareh; Nejatizadeh, Azim; Moosazadeh, Mahmood; Zare Sakhvidi, Mohammad Javad; Joukar, Farahnaz; Hashemi-Shahri, Seyed Mohammad; Vakilian, Alireza; Niknam, Ramin; Faramarzi, Elnaz; Akhavan Akbari, Ghodrat; Ghorat, Fershteh; Khaledifar, Arsalan; Vahabzadeh, Davoud; Homayounfar, Reza; Safarpour, Ali Reza; Hosseini, Sayed Vahid; Rezvani, Reza; Hosseini, Seyyed Ahmad

doi:10.1186/s12889-020-8322-8

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Table 2 Decomposition of socioeconomic inequality in overweight and obesity in the included population

From: Socioeconomic - related inequalities in overweight and obesity: findings from the PERSIAN cohort study

Variables		Overweight				Obesity
Variables		Elasticity	Concentration index (C_k)	percentage contribution	Summed Percentage Contribution	Elasticity	concentration Index (C_K)	percentage contribution	Summed Percentage Contribution
Sex	male				−3.74				3.53
Sex	female	0.082	−0.025	−3.74	−3.74	0.338	0.006	3.530	3.53
Age	35–44				−1.38				3.29
	45–54	0.028	0.031	1.52		0.061	0.035	4.012
	55–64	0.013	−0.134	−3.02		0.019	−0.128	−4.471
	> = 65	0.000	−0.315	0.12		−0.006	−0.317	3.745
Marital status	single				2.91				4.64
	married	0.329	0.021	12.23		0.565	0.021	22.741
	others (widow, divorced)	0.019	−0.267	−9.32		0.042	−0.230	−18.106
Smoking status	never smoked				6.34				9.97
	current smoker	−0.039	−0.091	6.38		−0.048	−0.115	10.396
	Former smoker	0.001	−0.036	−0.04		0.004	−0.063	−0.426
Use Hookah	no				2.06				27.89
Use Hookah	yes	0.009	0.123	2.06	2.06	0.145	0.103	27.887	27.89
Drug abuse	no				3.75				3.04
Drug abuse	yes	−0.020	−0.104	3.75	3.75	−0.014	−0.120	3.043	3.04
Alcohol use	no				1.23				0.93
Alcohol use	yes	0.006	0.112	1.23	1.23	0.006	0.088	0.931	0.93
Physical activity (METs/hour/day)		−0.298	−0.017	9.42	9.42	−0.706	−0.017	22.742	22.74
Province	Fars				22.62				56.19
	Guilan	0.003	−0.144	−0.86		0.015	−0.138	−3.871
	Sistan and Baluchestan	−0.031	−0.360	19.86		−0.056	−0.384	40.266
	Kermanshah	0.003	−0.063	−0.385		0.026	−0.077	−10.846
	Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari	0.005	0.157	1.31		0.017	0.163	5.212
	Mazandaran	−0.012	0.028	−0.62		−0.013	0.022	−0.517
	Razavi Khorasan	0.004	0.204	1.46		0.015	0.206	5.735
	Kerman	−0.003	0.285	−1.62		0.002	0.283	0.948
	West Azarbaijan	0.000	−0.1860	−0.08		0.016	−0.130	−3.987
	Hormozgan	0.001	0.477	0.83		0.002	0.441	1.353
	Yazd	−0.005	−0.060	0.58		−0.006	−0.082	0.942
	Khouzestan	0.002	−0.118	−0.40		0.008	−0.121	−1.749
	East Azarbaijan	0.010	0.266	4.66		0.031	0.267	15.574
	Ardabil	−0.003	0.602	−3.07		−0.004	0.602	−5.062
Socioeconomic status (SES)	1st quintile (the lowest)				66.77				89.07
	2nd quintile	0.022	−0.372	−14.89		0.037	−0.362	−24.913
	3rd quintile	0.030	0.017	0.91		0.054	0.051	5.136
	4th quintile	0.038	0.398	27.32		0.060	0.449	50.825
	5th quintile (the highest)	0.037	0.794	53.43		0.038	0.821	58.022
Explained					110.00				221.28
Residuals					−10.00				−121.28
Total					100.00				100.00

Note: MET = Metabolic Equivalent of Task

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