Table 3 The baseline characteristics of questionnaire respondents by BMI
From: Changes in dietary habits during Covid-19 lockdown in Egypt: the Egyptian COVIDiet study
BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n = 1010) | < 19 (n = 23) | 19-24.9 (n = 369) | 25-29.9 (n = 3949) | > 30 (n = 224) | p-Value 1 | |
Place of residence | ||||||
Family home | 877 (86.8%) | 20 (87.0%) | 328 (89.0%) | 343 (87.0%) | 186 (83.0%) | 0.24 |
Alone | 133 (13.2%) | 3 (13.0%) | 41 (11.0%) | 51 (13.0%) | 38 (17.0%) | |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 229 (22.7%) | 5 (21.7%) | 81 (22.0%) | 97 (24.6%) | 46 (20.5%) | 0.67 |
Female | 781 (77.3%) | 18 (78.3%) | 288 (78.0%) | 297 (75.4%) | 178 (79.5%) | |
Children in Care | ||||||
No | 541 (53.6%) | 19 (82.6%) | 269 (72.9%) | 194 (49.2%) | 59 (26.3%) | < 0.001* |
Yes | 469 (46.4%) | 4 (17.4%) | 100 (27.1%) | 200 (50.8%) | 165 (73.7%) | |
Educational Level | ||||||
University | 629 (62.3%) | 18 (78.3%) | 241 (65.3%) | 249 (63.2%) | 121 (54.0%) | < 0.001* |
Postgraduate | 315 (31.2%) | 3 (13.0%) | 92 (24.9%) | 126 (32.0%) | 94 (42.0%) | |
Secondary | 66 (6.5%) | 2 (8.7%) | 36 (9.8%) | 19 (4.8%) | 9 (4.0%) | |
Governorate | ||||||
Alexandria | 504 (49.9%) | 11 (47.8%) | 180 (48.8%) | 207 (52.5%) | 106 (47.3%) | < 0.001* |
Delta | 342 (33.9%) | 10 (43.5%) | 144 (39.0%) | 121 (30.7%) | 67 (29.9%) | |
Cairo | 114 (11.3%) | 2 (8.7%) | 32 (8.7%) | 47 (11.9%) | 33 (14.7%) | |
Others | 50 (4.9%) | 0 (0.00%) | 13 (3.5%) | 19 (4.8%) | 18 (8.1%) | |
Age (years) | ||||||
< 20 | 87 (8.6%) | 6 (26.1%) | 53 (14.4%) | 21 (5.3%) | 7 (3.1%) | 0.025* |
21–35 | 683 (67.6%) | 16 (69.6%) | 268 (72.6%) | 268 (68.0%) | 131 (58.5%) | |
36–50 | 219 (21.7%) | 1 (4.3%) | 43 (11.6%) | 97 (24.6%) | 78 (34.8%) | |
> 50 | 21 (2.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (1.4%) | 8 (2.1%) | 8 (3.6%) | |