Table 2 Association between individual characteristics and normal weight and overweight among studied population
Variable | Gender | Sub-group | Number of subjects (%) | Normal weight (%) | Overweight (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group | Men | 40–49 | 1988 (49.8) | 1148 (51.1) | 840 (48.3) |
50–59 | 1441 (36.1) | 791 (35.2) | 648 (37.3) | ||
≥60 | 559 (14.0) | 309 (13.7) | 250 (14.4) | ||
1p-value | 0.229 | ||||
Women | 40–49 | 1659 (39.2) | 632 (40.1) | 1026 (38.7) | |
50–59 | 1504 (35.6) | 563 (35.7) | 940 (35.5) | ||
≥60 | 1066 (25.2) | 383 (24.3) | 683 (25.8) | ||
1p-value | 0.51 | ||||
Total | 40–49 | 3647 (44.4) | 1780 (46.5) | 1866 (42.5) | |
50–59 | 2945 (35.8) | 1354 (35.4) | 1588 (36.2) | ||
≥60 | 1625 (19.8) | 692 (18.1) | 933 (21.3) | ||
1p-value | < 0.001 | ||||
SES | Men | Low | 801 (20.1) | 522 (23.2) | 279 (16.0) |
Lower-middle | 874 (21.9) | 535 (23.8) | 338 (19.4) | ||
Upper-middle | 840 (21.0) | 474 (21.1) | 366 (21.0) | ||
High | 1477 (37.0) | 718 (31.9) | 758 (43.5) | ||
1p-value | < 0.001 | ||||
Women | Low | 1261 (29.8) | 535 (33.9) | 725 (27.4) | |
Lower-middle | 1383 (32.7) | 531 (33.6) | 852 (32.2) | ||
Upper-middle | 1078 (25.5) | 373 (23.6) | 704 (26.6) | ||
High | 508 (12.0) | 140 (8.9) | 368 (13.9) | ||
1p-value | < 0.001 | ||||
Total | Low | 2062 (25.1) | 1057 (27.6) | 1004 (22.9) | |
Lower-middle | 2257 (27.5) | 1066 (27.8) | 1190 (27.1) | ||
Upper-middle | 1918 (23.3) | 847 (22.1) | 1070 (24.4) | ||
High | 1985 (24.1) | 858 (22.4) | 1126 (25.6) | ||
1p-value | < 0.001 | ||||
Employment status | Men | Employed | 3402 (85.2) | 1925 (85.6) | 1477 (84.8) |
Unemployed | 590 (14.8) | 324 (14.4) | 264 (15.2) | ||
1P-value | 0.266 | ||||
Women | Employed | 1141 (27.0) | 472 (29.9) | 1980 (74.7) | |
Unemployed | 3089 (73.0) | 1107 (70.1) | 669 (25.3) | ||
1p-value | 0.001 | ||||
Total | Employed | 4543 (55.3) | 2397 (62.6) | 2146 (48.9) | |
Unemployed | 3679 (44.7) | 1431 (37.4) | 2244 (51.1) | ||
1p-value | < 0.001 | ||||
Marital status | Men | Single | 21 (0.5) | 11 (0.5) | 9 (0.5) |
Married | 3940 (98.7) | 2217 (98.6) | 1722 (98.9) | ||
Widowed/divorced | 31 (0.8) | 21 (0.9) | 10 (0.6) | ||
1p-value | 0.437 | ||||
Women | Single | 116 (2.7) | 63 (4.0) | 53 (2.0) | |
Married | 3445 (81.4) | 1241 (78.6) | 2202 (83.1) | ||
Widowed/divorced | 669 (15.8) | 275 (17.4) | 394 (14.9) | ||
1p-value | < 0.001 | ||||
Total | Single | 137 (1.7) | 74 (1.9) | 62 (1.4) | |
Married | 7385 (89.8) | 3458 (90.3) | 3924 (89.4) | ||
Widowed/divorced | 700 (8.5) | 296 (7.7) | 404 (9.2) | ||
1p-value | 0.013 | ||||
Education level | Men | Illiterate | 843 (21.1) | 515 (22.9) | 328 (18.8) |
Under diploma | 1610 (40.3) | 915 (40.7) | 694 (39.9) | ||
high school diploma | 1178 (29.5) | 651 (28.9) | 526 (30.2) | ||
University degree | 361 (9.0) | 168 (7.5) | 193 (11.1) | ||
1P-value | < 0.001 | ||||
Women | Illiterate | 1747 (41.3) | 767 (48.6) | 979 (37.0) | |
Under diploma | 1865 (44.1) | 619 (39.2) | 1246 (47.0) | ||
high school diploma | 494 (11.7) | 153 (9.7) | 340 (12.8) | ||
University degree | 124 (2.9) | 40 (2.5) | 84 (3.2) | ||
1p-value | < 0.001 | ||||
Total | Illiterate | 2590 (31.5) | 1282 (33.5) | 1307 (29.8) | |
Under diploma | 3475 (42.3) | 1534 (40.1) | 1940 (44.2) | ||
high school diploma | 1672 (20.3) | 804 (21.0) | 866 (19.7) | ||
University degree | 485 (5.9) | 208 (5.4) | 277 (6.3) | ||
1p-value | < 0.001 | ||||
Physical activity | Men | Light | 1178 (29.5) | 617 (27.4) | 559 (32.1) |
Moderate | 650 (16.3) | 322 (14.3) | 328 (18.8) | ||
High | 577 (14.5) | 314 (14.0) | 263 (15.1) | ||
Intensive | 1587 (39.8) | 996 (44.3) | 591 (33.9) | ||
1p-value | < 0.001 | ||||
Women | Light | 836 (19.8) | 286 (18.1) | 549 (20.7) | |
Moderate | 1349 (31.9) | 480 (30.4) | 868 (32.8) | ||
High | 1444 (34.1) | 571 (36.2) | 873 (33.0) | ||
Intensive | 601 (14.2) | 242 (15.3) | 359 (13.6) | ||
1p-value | 0.016 | ||||
Total | Light | 2014 (24.5)) | 903 (23.6) | 1108 (25.2) | |
Moderate | 1999 (24.3) | 802 (21.0) | 1196 (27.2) | ||
High | 2021 (24.6) | 885 (23.1) | 1136 (25.9) | ||
Intensive | 2188 (26.6) | 1238 (32.3) | 950 (21.6) | ||
1p-value | < 0.001 | ||||
History of alcohol drinking | Men | Yes | 458 (11.5) | 266 (11.8) | 191 (11.0) |
No | 3534 (88.5) | 1983 (88.2) | 1550 (89.0) | ||
1p-value | 0.214 | ||||
Women | Yes | 6 (0.1) | 3 (0.2) | 3 (0.1) | |
No | 4224 (99.9) | 1576 (99.8) | 2646 (99.9) | ||
1p-value | 0.401 | ||||
Total | Yes | 464 (5.6) | 269 (7.0) | 194 (4.4) | |
No | 7758 (94.4) | 3559 (93.0) | 4196 (95.6) | ||
1P-value | < 0.001 | ||||
History of cigarette smoking | Men | Yes | 2067 (51.8) | 1277 (56.8) | 789 (45.3) |
No | 1925 (48.2) | 972 (43.2) | 952 (54.7) | ||
p-value | < 0.001 | ||||
Women | Yes | 146 (3.5) | 74 (4.7) | 72 (2.7) | |
No | 4084 (96.5) | 1505 (95.3) | 2577 (97.3) | ||
1p-value | 0.001 | ||||
Total | Yes | 2213 (26.9) | 1351 (35.3) | 861 (19.6) | |
No | 6009 (73.1) | 2477 (64.7) | 3529 (80.4) | ||
1p-value | < 0.001 | ||||
History of hookah smoking | Men | Yes | 384 (9.6) | 193 (8.6) | 190 (10.9) |
No | 3608 (90.4) | 2056 (91.4) | 1551 (89.1) | ||
1p-value | 0.008 | ||||
Women | Yes | 58 (1.4) | 22 (1.4) | 35 (1.3) | |
No | 4172 (98.6) | 1557 (98.6) | 2614 (98.7) | ||
p-value | 0.472 | ||||
Total | Yes | 442 (5.4) | 215 (5.6) | 225 (5.1) | |
No | 7780 (94.6) | 3613 (94.4) | 4165 (94.9) | ||
1p-value | 0.324 | ||||
Calorie intake* | Men | – | 3431.00 ± 1087.81 | 3421.85 ± 1072.11 | 3424.06 ± 1106.64 |
2p-value | 0.815 | ||||
Women | 3126.73 ± 1002.43 | 3053.18 ± 980.16 | 3148.93 ± 1011.13 | ||
2p-value | 0.003 | ||||
Total | 3261.38 ± 1051.94 | 3269.76 ± 1050.84 | 3257.52 ± 1058.32 | ||
2p-value | 0.599 | ||||