Table 1 Characteristics of the included women according to BMI
Variables | BMI | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal (BMI = 18.5: 25) N = 3111 | Obese (BMI > 30) N = 9864 | |||
Age in 5 year groups (%) | 20–24 | 935 (30.1) | 744 (7.5) | < 0.001 |
25–29 | 936 (30.1) | 1697 (17.2) | ||
30–34 | 546 (17.6) | 1905 (19.3) | ||
35–39 | 327 (10.5) | 1921 (19.5) | ||
40–44 | 193 (6.2) | 1822 (18.5) | ||
45–49 | 172 (5.6) | 1773 (18) | ||
Highest educational level (%) | No | 750 (24.1) | 2620 (26.6) | 0.001 |
Primary | 273 (8.8) | 1098 (11.1) | ||
Secondary | 1662 (53.4) | 4893 (49.6) | ||
Higher | 425 (13.7) | 1252 (13.7) | ||
Type of place of residence (%) | Urban | 879 (28.3) | 3616 (36.7) | < 0.001 |
Rural | 2232 (71.7) | 6248 (63.3) | ||
Wealth index (%) | Poorest | 700 (22.5) | 1615 (16.4) | < 0.001 |
Poorer | 667 (21.5) | 1923 (19.5) | ||
Middle | 730 (23.5) | 2187 (22.2) | ||
Richer | 521 (16.8) | 2215 (23.5) | ||
Richest | 492 (15.8) | 1922 (19.5) | ||
Frequency of listening to radio (%) | Not at all | 2497 (80.3) | 7426 (75.3) | < 0.001 |
Less than once a week | 134 (4.3) | 548 (5.6) | ||
At least once a week | 477 (15.4) | 1887 (19.1) | ||
Frequency of watching television (%) | Not at all | 62 (2) | 152 (1.5) | 0.14 |
Less than once a week | 71 (2.3) | 180 (1.8) | ||
At least once a week | 2975 (95.7) | 9531 (96.6) | ||