Skip to main content
. 2023 Dec 20;15(12):e50829. doi: 10.7759/cureus.50829

Table 1. BMI distribution by lifestyle and sociodemographic characteristics (N=561).

       BMI (kg/m2)
    Total Underweight <18.5 Normal weight 18.5-24.9 Overweight 25.0-29.9 Obesity ≥30.0
    N=561 (100%) n=119 (21.21%) n=270 (48.12%) n=114 (20.32%) n=58 (10.33%)
Age (years) N (Mean ± SD)   561 (35.27±14.98) 119 (30.78±14.69) 270 (34.39±15.1) 114 (39.72±13.92) 58 (39.83±13.85)
  p                                                                                0.0001                                                                                                 
Residency Urban 166 (29.6%) 20 (12.0%) 73 (44.0%)   42 (25.3%)   31 (18.7%)
  Rural 395 (70.4%) 99 (25.1%) 197 (49.9%)   72 (18.2%)   27 (6.8%)
  p                                                                                0.0001                                                          
Gender Men 289 (51.5%) 63 (21.8%) 139 (48.1%)   58 (20.1%)   29 (10.0%)
  Women 272 (48.5%) 56 (20.6%) 131 (48.2%)   56 (20.6%)   29 (10.7%)
  p                                                                                0.982                                                                                                                   
Skin Color White 480 (85.6%) 100 (20.8%) 229 (47.7%) 98 (20.4%) 53 (11.0%)
  Brown  81 (14.4%) 19 (23.5%) 41 (50.6%) 16 (19.8%)   5 (6.2%)
  p                                                                                0.583
Occupation Active 233 (41.5%) 49 (21.0%) 108 (46.4%) 45 (19.3%) 31 (13.3%)
  Inactive 328 (58.5%) 70 (21.3%) 162 (49.4%) 69 (21.0%) 27 (8.2%)
  p                                                                                0.277                                                                                                                  
Marital Status Unmarried 176 (31.4%) 51 (29.0%) 98 (55.7%) 21 (11.9%) 6 (3.4%)
  Married 385 (68.6%) 68 (17.7%) 172 (44.7%) 93 (24.2%) 52 (13.5%)
  p                                                                                0.0001                                                               
Educational Level Illiteracy 213 (38.0%) 46 (21.6%) 108 (50.7%)   39 (18.3%) 20 (9.4%)
  Koranic-Primary school 123 (21.9%) 25 (20.3%) 54 (43.9%)   30 (24.4%) 14 (11.4%)
  Secondary and more 225 (40.1%) 48 (21.3%) 108 (48.0%)   45 (20.0%) 24 (10.7%)
   p                                                                                0.858                                                                                                                           
Socioeconomic Status Low 349 (62.2%) 84 (24.1%) 177 (50.7%) 59 (16.9%) 29 (8.3%)
  Average-High 212 (37.8%)  35 (16.5%) 93 (43.9%) 55 (25.9%) 29 (13.7%)
  p                                                                                0.003                                                                                                                            
Physical Activity Level Low-Moderate 215 (38.32%) 36 (16.7%) 96 (44.7%) 55 (25.6%) 28 (13.0%)
  High 346 (61.68%) 83 (24.0%) 174 (50.3%) 59 (17.1%) 30 (8.7%)
  p                                                                                0. 010