Table 3.
Comparison of demographic factors with different BMI categories (normal, overweight, and obese).
| Factors | Normal | Overweight | Obese | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 255 (29.9%) | 350 (41.0%) | 197 (23.1%) | 0.00 |
| Female | 457 (38.0%) | 348 (28.9%) | 291 (24.2%) | |
| Nationality | ||||
| Saudi | 622 (36.2%) | 523 (30.5%) | 428 (24.9%) | 0.00 |
| Non-Saudi | 90 (26.3%) | 175 (51.2%) | 60 (17.5%) | |
| Social status | ||||
| Married | 253 (24.3%) | 431 (41.3%) | 321 (30.8%) | 0.00 |
| Single | 431 (47.0%) | 238 (26.0%) | 129 (14.1%) | |
| Widow | 8 (28.6%) | 9 (32.1%) | 10 (35.7%) | |
| Divorced | 20 (28.6%) | 20 (28.6%) | 28 (40.0%) | |
| Educational level | ||||
| Illiterate | 8 (26.7%) | 13 (43.3%) | 6 (20.0%) | 0.00 |
| Secondary and below | 229 (37.2%) | 192 (31.2%) | 150 (24.4%) | |
| Bachelor student | 435 (35.2%) | 401 (32.5%) | 293 (23.7%) | |
| Postgraduate | 40 (22.6%) | 92 (52.0%) | 39 (22.0%) | |
| Occupation | ||||
| Health care worker | 48 (34.5%) | 55 (39.6%) | 30 (21.6%) | 0.00 |
| Government | 112 (24.7%) | 179 (39.5%) | 152 (33.6%) | |
| Private | 71 (27.7%) | 107 (41.8%) | 59 (23.0%) | |
| Free work | 33 (34.4%) | 41 (42.7%) | 21 (21.9%) | |
| Housewife | 96 (27.7%) | 117 (33.7%) | 120 (34.6%) | |
| Unemployed | 43 (38.4%) | 29 (25.9%) | 21 (18.8%) | |
| Student | 309 (47.2%) | 170 (26.0%) | 85 (13.0%) | |
| Monthly income | ||||
| < 5 thousand | 312 (39.5%) | 204 (25.9%) | 172 (21.8%) | 0.00 |
| 5–9.9 thousand | 168 (34.6%) | 178 (36.6%) | 111 (22.8%) | |
| 10–14.9 thousand | 103 (26.9%) | 148 (38.6%) | 118 (30.8%) | |
| 15–20 thousand | 68 (32.5%) | 83 (39.7%) | 49 (23.4%) | |
| Above 20 thousand | 61 (31.9%) | 85 (44.5%) | 38 (19.9%) | |
All values in bold are statistically significant.