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Table 2 Prevalence of demographic, selected medical and laboratory characteristics of study participants by Abdominal obesity

From: The prevalence and associated factors of overweight/obesity and abdominal obesity in South-eastern of Iran: a cross-sectional study based on Rafsanjan cohort study

Characteristics

Abdominal obesity in Male

Abdominal obesity in Female

Normal (n = 3819)

% (CI)

Abnormal (n = 832)

% (CI)

P-Value

Normal (n = 778)

% (CI)

Abnormal (n = 4548)

% (CI)

P-Value

Age- yr. no (%)

   

0.480

    

< 0.001

35–45

1429

82.2(80.3–83.9)

310

17.8(16.1–19.7)

 

443

22.3(20.6–24.2)

1540

77.7(75.8–79.4)

 

46–55

1141

83(80.1-8/4.9)

234

17(15.1–19.1)

199

11.7(10.3–13.4)

1496

88.3(86.6–89.7)

≥ 56

1249

81.3(79.2–83.1)

288

18.7(16.9–20.8)

136

8.2(7-9.7)

1512

91.8(90.3–93)

Marital status- no (%)

   

0.669

    

0.379

Single

87

80.6(71.9–87.1)

21

19.4(12.9–28.1)

 

106

15.7(13.2–18.7)

568

84.3(81.3–86.8)

 

Married

3733

82.2(81-83.2)

811

17.8(16.8–19)

672

14.5(13.5–15.5)

3980

85.5(84.5–86.5)

Education-no (%)

   

0.995

    

< 0.001

≤ 5 years

941

82.2(79.9–84.3)

204

17.8(15.7–20.1)

 

257

11(9.8–12.3)

2089

89(87.7–90.2)

 

6–12 years

2076

82.1(80.5–83.5)

454

17.9(16.5–19.5)

350

15.1(13.7–16.7)

1961

84.9(83.3–86.3)

≥ 13 years

800

82.1(79.6–84.4)

174

17.9(15.6–20.4)

170

25.6(22.4–29)

495

74.4(71-77.6)

Physical activity-no (%)

  

< 0.001

    

< 0.001

Low

1155

78.4(76.2–80.4)

319

21.6(19.6–23.8)

 

128

11.9(10.1–13.9)

950

88.1(86.1–89.9)

 

Moderate

1372

82.4(80.5–84.2)

293

17.6(15.8–19.5)

460

14.1(12.9–15.3)

2808

85.9(84.7–87.1)

Heavy

1293

85.5(83.6–87.2)

220

14.5(12.9–16.4)

190

19.4(17–22)

790

80.6(78–83)

WSI- no (%)

  

0.001

    

< 0.001

Low

772

85.8(83.3–87.9)

128

14.2(12.1–16.7)

 

207

14.4(12.6–16.3)

1236

85.6(83.7–87.4)

 

Low-middle

1082

82(79.9–84)

237

18(16-20.1)

193

12.5(11-14.3)

1349

87.5(85.7–89.1)

Middle-high

1583

81.6(79.8–83.3)

357

18.4(16.7–20.2)

311

15.2(13.7–16.8)

1740

84.8(83.2–86.3)

High

380

77.6(73.6–81)

110

22.4(19-26.4)

67

23.6(19–29)

217

76.4(71.1–81)

Alcohol consumption-no (%)

  

0.768

    

0.214

Yes

805

81.8(79.3–84.1)

179

18.2(15.9–20.7)

 

0

0

9

100(NA)

 

No

2977

82.2(80.9–83.4)

644

17.8(16.6–19.1)

774

14.6(13.7–15.6)

4518

85.4(84.4–86.3)

Cigarette smoking-no (%)

  

< 0.001

    

0.534

Never

1760

80.1(78.3–81.7)

438

19.9(18.3–21.6)

 

757

14.7(13.7–15.6)

4410

85.3(84.4–86.3)

 

Current

1377

86.2(84.4–87.8)

221

13.8(12.2–15.6)

12

15(8.6–24.8)

68

85(75.2–91.4)

Former

645

79.7(76.8–82.3)

164

20.3(17.6–23.2)

5

9.3(3.8–20.9)

49

90.7(79.1–96.2)

Opium consumption- no (%)

  

0.001

    

0.176

Yes

1796

84.2(82.5–85.7)

338

15.8(14.3–17.4)

 

24

11.4(7.7–16.5)

187

88.6(83.5–92.3)

 

No

1986

80.4(78.8–81.9)

485

19.6(18.1–21.2)

750

14.7(13.8–15.7)

4340

85.3(84.3–86.2)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; WSI: wealth score index