Table 1 Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity by Demographic Characteristics
Variable | Overall (%) | Normal (%) | Overweight (%) | Obese (%) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years; mean = 32.72,SD = 8.605) | |||||
Younger (<40) | 225 (83.0) | 159 (89.8) | 57 (70.4) | 9 (69.2) | 0.125 |
Older (>40) | 46 (17.0) | 18 (10.2) | 24 (29.6) | 4 (30.8) | |
Sex | |||||
Male | 171 (63.3) | 119 (67.2) | 47 (58.8) | 5 (38.5) | 0.075 |
Female | 99 (36.7) | 58 (32.8) | 33 (41.2) | 8 (61.5) | |
Marital Status | |||||
Married | 171 (63.8) | 98 (56.3) | 61 (75.3) | 12 (92.3) | 0.001 |
Unmarried | 97 (36.2) | 76 (43.7) | 20 (24.7) | 1 (7.7) | |
Religion | |||||
Christianity | 230 (85.2) | 157 (88.7) | 64 (80) | 9 (69.2) | 0.063 |
Islam | 40 (14.8) | 20 (11.3) | 16 (20) | 4 (30.8) | |
Highest Educational level | |||||
Pre-Tertiary | 9 (3.3) | 5 (2.8) | 4 (4.9) | 0 (0) | 0.537 |
Tertiary | 262 (96.7) | 172 (97.2) | 77 (95.1) | 13 (100) | |