Table 2.
Associations of BMI status with sociodemographic, anthropometric, and lifestyle factors of the enrolled young adults.
| Characteristics (n = 2116) | BMI Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal Weight 1597 (75.5%) |
Overweight 336 (15.9%) |
Obesity 860 (8.6%) |
p-Value | |
| Age (mean ± SD; years) | 21.4 ± 2.4 | 21.2 ± 2.3 | 21.1 ± 2.3 | p = 0.1815 |
| Gender (n, %) | p < 0.0001 | |||
| Male | 707 (44.3%) | 194 (57.7%) | 115 (62.8%) | |
| Female | 890 (55.7%) | 142 (42.3%) | 68 (37.2%) | |
| Nationality (n, %) | p = 0.0491 | |||
| Greek | 1277 (80.0%) | 263 (78.3%) | 132 (72.1%) | |
| Other | 320 (20.0%) | 73 (21.7%) | 51 (27.9%) | |
| Type of residence (n, %) | p < 0.0001 | |||
| Urban | 913 (57.2%) | 240 (71.4%) | 140 (76.5%) | |
| Rural | 684 (42.8%) | 96 (28.6%) | 43 (23.5%) | |
| Family economic status | p = 0.0152 | |||
| Low | 643 (40.2%) | 154 (45.8%) | 84 (45.9%) | |
| Medium | 600 (37.6%) | 147 (43.8%) | 83 (45.4%) | |
| High | 354 (22.2%) | 35 (10.4%) | 16 (8.7%) | |
| Living status (n, %) | p = 0.0005 | |||
| Living with family | 886 (55.5%) | 145 (43.1%) | 77 (42.1%) | |
| Living alone | 711 (44.5%) | 191 (56.9%) | 106 (57.9%) | |
| Parents marital status | p = 0.0309 | |||
| No divorced | 1026 (64.2%) | 206 (61.3%) | 100 (54.6%) | |
| Divorced | 571 (35.8%) | 130 (38.7%) | 83 (45.4%) | |
| Smoking status | p < 0.0001 | |||
| No smokers | 1049 (65.7%) | 184 (54.8%) | 79 (43.2%) | |
| Regular smokers | 548 (34.3%) | 152 (45.2%) | 104 (56.8%) | |
| Type of Studies | p = 0.7767 | |||
| Biomedical studies | 878 (55.0%) | 189 (56.2%) | 97 (53.0%) | |
| Other studies | 719 (45.0%) | 147 (43.8%) | 86 (47.0%) | |
| Academic performance | p = 0.0002 | |||
| Good | 567 (35.5%) | 144 (42.9%) | 98 (53.5%) | |
| Very good | 756 (47.3%) | 143 (42.5%) | 62 (33.9%) | |
| Excellent | 274 (17.2%) | 49 (14.6%) | 23 (12.6%) | |
| Employment status | p = 0.4022 | |||
| Employee | 395 (24.7%) | 45 (13.4%) | 49 (26.8%) | |
| No employee | 1202 (75.3%) | 291 (86.6%) | 134 (73.2%) | |
| Physical activity (n, %) | p < 0.0001 | |||
| Low | 711 (44.5%) | 187 (55.6%) | 126 (68.8%) | |
| Medium | 545 (34.1%) | 125 (37.2%) | 45 (24.6%) | |
| High | 341 (21.4%) | 24 (7.1%) | 42 (6.6%) | |
| Perceived stress (n, %) | p < 0.0001 | |||
| Low | 871 (54.5%) | 69 (20.5%) | 25 (13.7%) | |
| Moderate | 516 (32.3%) | 139 (41.4%) | 84 (45.9%) | |
| High | 210 (13.2%) | 128 (38.1%) | 74 (40.4%) | |
| Sleep Quality (n, %) | p < 0.0001 | |||
| Adequate | 1112 (69.6%) | 137 (40.8%) | 73 (39.9%) | |
| Inadequate | 485 (30.4%) | 199 (59.2%) | 110 (60.1%) | |