Table 1.
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.