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. 2012 Feb 8;2012:848403. doi: 10.1155/2012/848403

Table 1.

Prevalence (%) of underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obesity according to sociodemographic and smoking in a random sample of 14176 women in Iran, 1999-2000.

Variable Underweight Normal weight overweight obese
Age group (years)
 20–30 10.5 57.8 22.6 9.1
 30–40 4.0 42.4 33.5 20.1
 40–50 3.2 35.8 35.2 25.8
 50–60 2.6 35.0 37.1 25.3
 60–69 4.4 41.4 36.2 18.0

Education level
 Basic 5.8 44.6 30.8 18.8
 Moderate 6.5 47.9 30.9 14.6
 High 11.0 63.4 19.9 5.7

Economic index
 Low 8.0 50.6 27.2 14.2
 Lower-middle 5.5 44.2 30.9 19.4
 Upper-middle 5.4 45.0 31.5 18.1
 High 5.2 42.9 32.9 19.0

Workforce
 Inactive 5.2 44.0 31.8 18.9
 Active 13.1 61.0 20.0 6.0

Smoking status
 Nonsmoker 6.1 45.9 30.5 17.5
 Smoker 6.6 46.5 31.1 15.8

Marital status
 Non-married 8.1 49.4 29.9 12.6
 Married 5.6 45.0 30.6 18.8

Place of residence
 Rural 8.3 54.4 25.8 11.5
 Urban 4.8 41.0 33.2 21.0