Table 1.
Clinical and demographic characteristics of study subjects.
| Variable | Non-obese (n = 662) |
Obese (n = 516) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Age (years) | 43.6 (14.7) | 48.7 (12.3) | 0.000** |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 356 (60.3) | 234 (39.7) | 0.004* |
| Female | 306 (52.0) | 282 (48.0) | |
| Education | |||
| Illiterate | 95 (14.4) | 38 (7.4) | 0.000** |
| Elementary | 176 (26.6) | 118 (22.9) | |
| High school | 174 (26.3) | 137 (26.6) | |
| College | 217 (32.8) | 223 (43.2) | |
| Family history of hypertension | 197 (29.8) | 182 (35.3) | 0.044* |
| Family history of diabetes | 116 (17.5) | 167 (32.4) | 0.000** |
| Socioeconomic status | |||
| Lower | 135 (20.4) | 46 (8.9) | 0.000** |
| Middle | 470 (71.0) | 412 (79.8) | |
| Upper | 57 (8.6) | 58 (11.2) | |
| Physical inactivity | 169 (25.5) | 231 (44.8) | 0.000** |
| Hypertension | 126 (19.0) | 188 (36.4) | 0.000** |
| Diabetes | 53 (8.0) | 83 (16.1) | 0.000** |
| Central obesity | 153 (23.1) | 423 (82.0) | 0.000** |
| Hypercholesterolemia ≥200 mg/dl | 122 (18.4) | 151 (29.3) | 0.000** |
| Hypertriglyceridemia ≥150 mg/dl | 200 (30.2) | 244 (47.3) | 0.000** |
| High LDL ≥130 mg/dl | 143 (21.6) | 122 (23.6) | 0.405 |
| Low HDL (males <40 mg/dl, females <50 mg/dl) | 291 (44.0) | 262 (50.8) | 0.020* |
Numbers in parenthesis indicate percentages.
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.