Perception, risk factors, and health behaviours in adult obesity in Kolkata, India: a mixed methods approach

Barua, Somdutta; Saikia, Nandita

doi:10.1186/s12889-022-14531-9

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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the interviewees, Kolkata, 2019-20

From: Perception, risk factors, and health behaviours in adult obesity in Kolkata, India: a mixed methods approach

Partcicipant No.	Age (in years)	Sex	Level of education	Occupation	Monthly family income (INR)	Household members	Religious belief	Caste	Mother tongue	Marital status	Have Children	BMI	WC (in cm)	Smoking	Alcohol consumption	Known complication/ under medication
1	27	Female	Post Graduate	Service	Above 80,000	4	Hinduism	General	Bengali	Unmarried	No	33.5	117.5	Never	Occasional	N/A
2	31	Female	Post Graduate	Service	Above 80,000	4	Hinduism	General	Bengali	Married	Yes	30.3	105	Occasional	Occasional	N/A
3	33	Female	Graduate	Business	Above 80,000	4	Hinduism	General	Bengali	Married	No	37.3	123	Never	Former	PCOS; Hypertension; Cholesterol
4	37	Female	Graduate	Business	Above 80,000	3	Hinduism	OBC	Hindi/Bhojpuri	Married	Yes	26.6	98	Never	Occasional	Thyroid
5	38	Female	9th Standard	Homemaker	Don’t Know	4	Hinduism	Can’t Say/Don’t Know	Bengali	Married	Yes	26.5	93	Never	Never	N/A
6	40	Female	Post Graduate	Service	40,001–80,000	4	Omnism	General	Bengali	Separated	Yes	35.9	102	Never	Never	N/A
7	45	Female	Graduate	Homemaker	Above 80,000	3	Hinduism	General	Bengali	Married	Yes	36.3	112	Never	Never	PCOS; Thyroid; Type 2 Diabetes; Hypertension
8	46	Female	Graduate	Freelance Writer	Up to 40,000	3	Hinduism	General	Bengali	Married	Yes	31.6	99.5	Occasional	Occasional	Migraine
9	51	Female	Graduate	Freelance Researcher	Above 80,000	4	Islam	No Caste	Bengali	Married	Yes	41.5	119	Occasional	Occasional	Type 2 Diabetes; Hypertension
10	26	Male	Post Graduate	Private Tutor	40,001–80,000	4	Humanism	ST	Bengali	Unmarried	No	33.3	111	Occasional	Occasional	N/A
11	28	Male	Post Graduate	Research Scholar	Above 80,000	4	Hinduism	General	Bengali	Unmarried	No	33.2	108	Occasional	Occasional	N/A
12	30	Male	Post Graduate	Private Tutor	40,001–80,000	3	Non-believer	General	Bengali	Unmarried	No	27.1	96	Occasional	Occasional	Asthma
13	37	Male	Higher Secondary	Service	Up to 40,000	2	Non-believer	General	Bengali	Unmarried	No	31.6	104	Never	Occasional	Gas
14	41	Male	Graduate	Business	40,001–80,000	5	Hinduism	General	Bengali	Married	Yes	31.4	111	Regular	Occasional	Type 2 Diabetes; Hypertension
15	43	Male	Graduate	Service & Business	Up to 40,000	8	Hinduism	General	Bengali	Married	Yes	34.3	121	Never	Never	High Blood Sugar
16	47	Male	Graduate	Service	40,001–80,000	2	Hinduism	General	Bengali	Widowed	Yes	30.8	106	Regular	Former	N/A
17	50	Male	Higher Secondary	Business	40,001–80,000	4	Humanism	General	Bengali	Married	Yes	37.5	127	Never	Regular	Hypertension; Cholesterol
18	52	Male	Graduate	Service/Author	Above 80,000	2	Non-believer	General	Bengali	Married	Yes	32.9	114	Former	Occasional	Type 2 Diabetes; Hypertension

Source: Primary Survey, Kolkata, 2019-20

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