From: Severe obesity, emotions and eating habits: a case-control study
Study group | Control group | Significance (χ2-test) | |
---|---|---|---|
Subject status | 112 | 262 | |
• No answer | 5 (m = 1, f = 4) | 22 (m = 8, f = 14) | |
• Dropped out | 37 (m = 9, f = 28) | 61 (m = 18, f = 43) | |
• Agreed | 75 (m = 22, f = 53) | 179 (m = 67, f = 112) | |
Age during psychiatric examination | |||
• 20-24 | - | 0.6% | |
• 25-29 | 1.4% | 0.6% | |
• 30-34 | - | 0.6% | |
• 35-39 | |||
• 40-44 | - | 1.2% | |
• 45-49 | 4.3% | 2.9% | |
• 50-54 | 14.5% | 9.4% | |
• 55-59 | 31.9% | 27.1% | |
• 60-64 | 43.5% | 48.8% | |
• 65-69 | 4.3% | 8.8% | |
BMI | |||
• ≤24.9 | 1.3% | 34.3% | |
• 25.0-29.9 | 4.0% | 47.3% | |
• 30.0-34.9 | 18.7% | 14.2% | |
• 35.0-39.9 | 37.3% | 3.6% | |
• 40.0≥ | 38.7% | 0.6% | |
Marital status | p = 0.0894 | ||
• Unmarried | 10.7% | 15.7% | |
• Married | 62.7% | 59.6% | |
• Widowed | 14.7% | 13.5% | |
• Divorced | 6.7% | 10.7% | |
• Common-law marriage | 5.3% | 0.6% | |
Basic education | p = 0.2457 | ||
• Primary school | 89.3% | 90.4% | |
• Lower secondary school | 6.7% | 2.2% | |
• High school | - | 2.2% | |
• Other | 4% | 3.9% | |
Occupational category | n = 22 (m) n = 53 (f) | n = 66 (m) n = 112 (f) | p = 0.901 (m) p = 0.5930 (f) |
• Technical, scientific, sociological, and artistic work | m = 0% f = 0% total = 0% | m = 0% f = 4.5% total = 2.2% | |
• Accounting and clerical work | m = 4.5% f = 5.7% total = 5.1% | m = 1.5% f = 2.7% total = 2.1% | |
• Commercial work | m = 4.5% f = 17.0% total = 10.8% | m = 4.5% f = 10.7% total = 7.6% | |
• Agricultural, forestry, and fishing | m = 0% f = 7.5% total = 3.7% | m = 3.0% f = 7.1% total = 5.1% | |
• Transport and communication work | m = 27.3% f = 7.5% total = 17.4% | m = 24.2% f = 4.5% total = 14.3% | |
• Industrial work | m = 50.1% f = 17.0% total = 33.5% | m = 48.6% f = 21.4% total = 35.0% | |
• Service work | m = 13.6% f = 45.3% total = 29.5% | m = 18.2% f = 49.1% total = 33.7% | |
• Total | m = 100% f = 100% total = 100% | m = 100% f = 100% total = 100% | |
Social classification | • According to Bruun’s social classification | p = 0.050 (m) p = 0.936 (f) | |
• I = First social class | 4.2% | 2.3% | |
• II = Second social class | 12.5% | 17.7% | |
• IIII = Third social class | 50.0% | 57.7% | |
• IV = Fourth social class | 33.3% | 22.3% |