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. 2011 Oct 4;11:159. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-159

Table 1.

Sample characteristics for Palestinian and Western groups

Palestine
n = 147
Western
n = 518
p value*
Demographics (n, %)
 Age (M, SE) 35.94 (9.6) 40.92 (11.68) <0.001
 Male 88 (59.9) 289 (55.8) 0.397
 Higher education 37 (25.2) 220 (42.5) <0.001
 Married 80 (54.4) 203 (39.2) 0.001
Disorders (n, %) <0.001
 Substance abuse 2 (1.4) 222 (42.9)
 Schizophrenia 88 (59.9) 70 (13.5)
 Depressive 49 (33.3) 171 (33)
 Neurotic and somatoform 8 (5.4) 55 (10.6)
BMI category **, n (%) 0.023
 Underweight 2 (1.4) 14 (2.9)
 Normal weight 54 (37.5) 240 (50)
 Overweight 57 (39.6) 155 (32.3)
 Obese 31 (21.5) 71 (14.8)

* p value is for independent Student's t-test, Fisher's exact test or χ2-tests test as appropriate.

** For the Palestine group n = 144 and Western group n = 480.