Table 3. General characteristics of the participants according to obesity, T2D, and HTN.
| Variables | Obesity (n = 117) | Non-obesity (n = 483) | P-value1) | T2D (n = 80) | Non-T2D (n = 520) | P-value | HTN (n = 111) | Non-HTN (n = 489) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.998 | 0.343 | 0.959 | |||||||
| Men | 54 (46.17) | 223 (46.17) | 33 (41.25) | 244 (46.92) | 51 (45.95) | 226 (46.22) | ||||
| Women | 63 (53.85) | 260 (53.83) | 47 (58.75) | 276 (53.08) | 60 (54.05) | 263 (53.78) | ||||
| Age (yrs) | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | |||||||
| 20–35 | 25 (21.37) | 275 (56.94) | 11 (13.75) | 289 (55.58) | 6 (5.40) | 294 (60.12) | ||||
| 36–55 | 54 (46.15) | 154 (31.89) | 33 (41.25) | 175 (33.65) | 44 (39.64) | 164 (33.54) | ||||
| > 55 | 38 (32.48) | 54 (11.18) | 36 (45) | 56 (10.77) | 61 (54.96) | 31 (6.34) | ||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 30.75 ± 2.17 | 20.84 ± 2.01 | < 0.001*** | 26.79 ± 2.57 | 22.15 ± 2.05 | < 0.001*** | 25.45 ± 3.17 | 22.17 ± 2.08 | < 0.001*** | |
| Marital status | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | |||||||
| Single | 7 (5.98) | 157 (32.51) | 0 (0) | 164 (31.54) | 1 (0.90) | 163 (33.33) | ||||
| Married | 102 (87.2) | 303 (62.73) | 70 (87.5) | 335 (64.42) | 91 (81.98) | 314 (64.21) | ||||
| Divorced/widowed | 8 (6.84) | 23 (4.76) | 10 (12.5) | 21 (4.04) | 19 (17.12) | 12 (2.45) | ||||
| Education level | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | |||||||
| Below high school | 12 (10.26) | 25 (5.18) | 17 (21.25) | 20 (3.85) | 26 (23.42) | 11 (2.25) | ||||
| High school | 76 (64.96) | 259 (53.62) | 50 (62.5) | 285 (54.80) | 72 (64.86) | 263 (53.78) | ||||
| College or above | 29 (24.79) | 199 (41.20) | 13 (16.25) | 215 (41.35) | 13 (11.71) | 215 (43.97) | ||||
| Employment status | < 0.01** | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | |||||||
| Unemployed | 74 (63.25) | 221 (45.76) | 58 (72.5) | 237 (45.58) | 78 (70.27) | 217 (44.38) | ||||
| Employed | 43 (36.75) | 262 (54.24) | 22 (27.5) | 283 (54.42) | 33 (29.73) | 272 (55.62) | ||||
| Monthly income in USD | < 0.01** | 0.096 | < 0.05* | |||||||
| < 200 | 14 (11.97) | 93 (19.25) | 14 (17.5) | 93 (17.88) | 27 (24.32) | 80 (16.36) | ||||
| 200–400 | 27 (23.08) | 167 (34.58) | 18 (22.5) | 176 (33.84) | 24 (21.62) | 170 (34.76) | ||||
| > 400 | 76 (64.96) | 223 (46.17) | 48 (60) | 251 (48.27) | 60 (50.05) | 239 (48.88) | ||||
| Family size | < 0.01** | < 0.001*** | < 0.001*** | |||||||
| 0–4 members | 52 (44.44) | 311 (64.39) | 33 (41.25) | 330 (63.46) | 43 (38.74) | 320 (65.44) | ||||
| > 4 members | 65 (55.56) | 172 (35.61) | 47 (58.75) | 190 (36.54) | 68 (61.26) | 169 (34.56) | ||||
| Residence area | 0.615 | 0.264 | 0.175 | |||||||
| Metropolitan | 116 (99.2) | 476 (98.55) | 80 (100) | 512 (98.46) | 111 (100) | 481 (98.36) | ||||
| Suburban | 1 (0.85) | 7 (1.45) | 0 (0) | 8 (1.54) | 0 (0) | 8 (1.64) | ||||
Data are presented as numbers (%).
T2D, type 2 diabetes; HTN, hypertension; BMI, body mass index.
1)P-values were obtained from the χ2 test for categorical variables and t-test for continuous variables.
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.