Table 1 Study characteristics by gender
From: Prevalence of overweight and obesity, and associations with socio-demographic factors in Kuwait
Characteristics | Unweighted | Weighted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
N = 2750 | N = 2151 | N = 4901 | N = 1,694,841 | N = 1,101,433 | N = 2,796,274 | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Age (years) mean (SDÂ or SE) | 44.6 (10.4) | 43.3 (10.3) | 44.0 (10.4) | 43.2 (0.3) | 42.0 (0.3) | 42.7 (0.2) |
Age group | ||||||
 18–29 | 191 (6.9) | 181 (8.4) | 372 (7.6) | 152,751 (9.0) | 101,688 (9.2) | 254,440 (9.1) |
 30–39 | 688 (25.0) | 618 (28.7) | 1306 (26.6) | 455,229 (26.9) | 362,855 (32.9) | 818,084 (29.3) |
 40–49 | 1010 (36.7) | 798 (37.1) | 1808 (36.9) | 639,939 (37.8) | 392,937 (35.7) | 1,032,876 (36.9) |
 50–59 | 642 (23.3) | 385 (17.9) | 1027 (21.0) | 345,495 (20.4) | 182,359 (16.6) | 527,854 (18.9) |
  ≥ 60 | 219 (8.0) | 169 (7.9) | 388 (7.9) | 101,426 (6.0) | 61,594 (5.6) | 163,020 (5.8) |
Nationality | ||||||
 Kuwaiti | 867 (31.5) | 822 (38.2) | 1689 (34.5) | 340,897 (20.1) | 329,535 (29.9) | 670,432 (24.0) |
 non-Kuwaiti, specify | 1883 (68.5) | 1329 (61.8) | 3212 (65.5) | 1,353,945 (79.9) | 771,897 (70.1) | 2,125,842 (76.0) |
Ethnicity | ||||||
 Arab | 1741 (63.6) | 1492 (69.5) | 3233 (66.2) | 932,282 (55.2) | 689,155 (62.7) | 1,621,436 (58.2) |
 Iranian | 100 (3.7) | 68 (3.2) | 168 (3.4) | 74,380 (4.4) | 43,603 (4.0) | 117,983 (4.2) |
 South Asian | 744 (27.2) | 303 (14.1) | 1047 (21.4) | 560,374 (33.2) | 164,237 (14.9) | 724,611 (26.0) |
 Southeast Asia | 139 (5.1) | 268 (12.5) | 407 (8.3) | 107,873 (6.4) | 193,709 (17.6) | 301,582 (10.8) |
 Other | 15 (0.5) | 15 (0.7) | 30 (0.6) | 13,497 (0.8) | 8969 (0.8) | 22,466 (0.8) |
Average Income | ||||||
  ≤ 500 | 826 (35.5) | 517 (31.4) | 1343 (33.8) | 668,554 (47.3) | 302,892 (37.5) | 971,446 (43.7) |
  > 500–1500 | 784 (33.7) | 532 (32.3) | 1316 (33.1) | 442,577 (31.3) | 266,998 (33.1) | 709,575 (31.9) |
  > 1500 | 716 (30.8) | 598 (36.3) | 1314 (33.1) | 303,009 (21.4) | 237,961 (29.5) | 540,970 (24.3) |
Education | ||||||
 Illiterate | 17 (0.6) | 40 (1.9) | 57 (1.2) | 8148 (0.5) | 40,831 (3.7) | 48,980 (1.8) |
 Read and write | 469 (17.1) | 360 (16.8) | 829 (17.0) | 323,163 (19.1) | 206,017 (18.7) | 529,181 (19.0) |
 Secondary School | 711 (25.9) | 487 (22.7) | 1198 (24.5) | 448,744 (26.6) | 250,252 (22.7) | 698,996 (25.1) |
 University | 1305 (47.6) | 1157 (53.9) | 2462 (50.3) | 774,114 (45.8) | 556,085 (50.5) | 1,330,199 (47.7) |
 High studies | 240 (8.8) | 104 (4.8) | 344 (7.0) | 135,937 (8.0) | 47,008 (4.3) | 182,945 (6.6) |
Occupation | ||||||
 Employed | 2416 (88.5) | 1219 (56.8) | 3635 (74.5) | 1,547,480 (92.1) | 627,081 (57.0) | 2,174,562 (78.2) |
 Student, not employed | 16 (0.6) | 24 (1.1) | 40 (0.8) | 9368 (0.6) | 15,264 (1.4) | 24,632 (0.9) |
 Housewife, not employed | 0 (0.0) | 619 (28.8) | 619 (12.7) | 0 (0.0) | 359,074 (32.7) | 359,074 (12.9) |
 Retired | 282 (10.3) | 211 (9.8) | 493 (10.1) | 102,231 (6.1) | 72,732 (6.6) | 174,963 (6.3) |
 Unemployed | 16 (0.6) | 73 (3.4) | 89 (1.8) | 20,777 (1.2) | 25,168 (2.3) | 45,944 (1.7) |
Marital status | ||||||
 Never married | 208 (7.6) | 180 (8.4) | 388 (7.9) | 153,251 (9.0) | 104,773 (9.5) | 258,024 (9.2) |
 currently married | 2497 (90.8) | 1788 (83.2) | 4285 (87.4) | 1,524,389 (89.9) | 920,290 (83.6) | 2,444,679 (87.4) |
 Divorced | 35 (1.3) | 104 (4.8) | 139 (2.8) | 13,535 (0.8) | 46,328 (4.2) | 59,864 (2.1) |
 Widowed | 10 (0.4) | 78 (3.6) | 88 (1.8) | 3666 (0.2) | 29,782 (2.7) | 33,448 (1.2) |
Current smoker | ||||||
 No | 1813 (66.1) | 1916 (89.3) | 3729 (76.3) | 1,171,971 (69.3) | 1,003,578 (91.3) | 2,175,549 (78.0) |
 Yes | 930 (33.9) | 230 (10.7) | 1160 (23.7) | 518,974 (30.7) | 96,096 (8.7) | 615,070 (22.0) |
Past smoker | ||||||
 No | 1319 (71.5) | 1844 (97.1) | 3163 (84.4) | 829,021 (70.0) | 965,412 (97.0) | 1,794,433 (82.3) |
 Yes | 527 (28.5) | 56 (2.9) | 583 (15.6) | 355,031 (30.0) | 29,984 (3.0) | 385,015 (17.7) |
Vigorous-intensity physical activity | ||||||
 No | 2681 (97.8) | 2114 (98.4) | 4795 (98.1) | 1,649,847 (97.6) | 1,072,917 (97.5) | 2,722,764 (97.6) |
 Yes | 61 (2.2) | 34 (1.6) | 95 (1.9) | 40,838 (2.4) | 27,275 (2.5) | 68,114 (2.4) |
Moderate-intensity physical activity | ||||||
 No | 2505 (91.5) | 1984 (92.4) | 4489 (91.9) | 1,505,793 (89.2) | 1,017,283 (92.5) | 2,523,076 (90.5) |
 Yes | 233 (8.5) | 163 (7.6) | 396 (8.1) | 181,541 (10.8) | 82,650 (7.5) | 264,191 (9.5) |
Elevated blood pressure (ACC/AHA) | ||||||
 No | 1596 (58.2) | 1637 (76.3) | 3233 (66.2) | 947,366 (56.0) | 819,426 (74.5) | 1,766,792 (63.3) |
 Yes | 1145 (41.8) | 509 (23.7) | 1654 (33.8) | 743,060 (44.0) | 280,248 (25.5) | 1,023,307 (36.7) |
Elevated blood pressure (WHO) | ||||||
 No | 2348 (85.7) | 1960 (91.3) | 4308 (88.2) | 1,421,989 (84.1) | 997,897 (90.7) | 2,419,886 (86.7) |
 Yes | 393 (14.3) | 186 (8.7) | 579 (11.8) | 268,437 (15.9) | 101,776 (9.3) | 370,213 (13.3) |
 Height (m); mean (SD or SE) | 1.7 (0.1) | 1.6 (0.1) | 1.7 (0.1) | 1.7 (0.0) | 1.6 (0.0) | 1.7 (0.0) |
 Weight (kg); mean (SD or SE) | 86.5 (17.5) | 76.8 (17.1) | 82.3 (18.0) | 85.8 (0.6) | 75.9 (0.5) | 81.9 (0.4) |
 Waist Circumference (cm); mean (SD or SE) | 99.5 (13.2) | 95.3 (13.5) | 97.7 (13.5) | 99.1 (0.4) | 95.3 (0.4) | 97.6 (0.3) |
 Hip Circumference (cm); mean (SD or SE) | 105.5 (10.7) | 108.5 (12.8) | 106.9 (11.8) | 104.9 (0.3) | 107.6 (0.3) | 105.9 (0.2) |
 Waist to height ratio; mean (SD or SE) | 0.6 (0.1) | 0.6 (0.1) | 0.6 (0.1) | 0.6 (0.0) | 0.6 (0.0) | 0.6 (0.0) |