Table 1.
Variable | Men (n = 1222) | Women (n = 1386) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) ≥20 | |||||
Socio-demographic characteristics | |||||
% | n | % | n | P-Value* | |
Governorates | |||||
Capital (Beirut) | 12.6 | 159 | 9.2 | 128 | .002 |
Other | 87.4 | 1062 | 90.8 | 1258 | |
Marital status | |||||
Single | 38.6 | 471 | 25.3 | 351 | .000 |
Married | 58.1 | 709 | 62.5 | 865 | |
Divorced, separated, widowed | 3.4 | 41 | 12.2 | 169 | |
Educational | |||||
Preliminary or less | 22.0 | 269 | 20.6 | 286 | .612 |
Complimentary | 25.3 | 309 | 24.3 | 336 | |
High school/Diploma | 24.1 | 295 | 26.0 | 360 | |
University | 28.6 | 349 | 29.1 | 404 | |
Household assets | |||||
<7 items | 44.8 | 544 | 57.5 | 792 | .000 |
≥ = 7 items | 55.2 | 669 | 42.5 | 585 | |
Crowding index | |||||
CI < 1 person/room | 39.5 | 481 | 35.7 | 492 | .042 |
CI ≥ 1 person/room | 60.5 | 736 | 64.3 | 888 | |
Family history of obesity | |||||
No | 61.9 | 757 | 54.2 | 746 | .000 |
Yes | 38.1 | 463 | 45.8 | 636 | |
Lifestyle characteristics | |||||
% | n | % | n | P-Value* | |
Smoking | |||||
No | 31.5 | 385 | 49.9 | 692 | .000 |
Yes | 68.5 | 837 | 50.1 | 694 | |
Physical activity | |||||
Low | 48.0 | 570 | 43.4 | 591 | .009 |
Moderate | 28.5 | 338 | 34.0 | 463 | |
High | 23.5 | 279 | 22.6 | 307 | |
Meals pattern | |||||
Skips 1 or more meals a day | 49.5 | 604 | 56.2 | 778 | .000 |
Eats regular 3 meals a day | 50.5 | 615 | 43.8 | 606 | |
Anthropometric characteristics | |||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | P-Value* | |
Weight (kg) | 82.5 | 15.5 | 68.5 | 14.2 | .000 |
Height (cm) | 173.1 | 7.4 | 159.2 | 6.4 | .000 |
BMI (Kg/m 2 ) | 27.5 | 4.7 | 27.1 | 5.8 | .048 |
Waist circumference (cm) | 94.9 | 12.9 | 86.5 | 14.3 | .000 |
% Body fat | 26.4 | 6.8 | 35.6 | 6.3 | .000 |
Dietary characteristics | |||||
(n = 1193) | (n = 1347) | ||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | P-Value* | |
Energy (Kjoules) | 10273 | 5603 | 7024 | 3660 | .000 |
% Fat | 36.8 | 10.1 | 37.5 | 11.1 | .000 |
% Protein | 14.8 | 5.0 | 14.5 | 5.2 | .000 |
% Carbohydrate | 48.2 | 11.4 | 49.2 | 11.8 | .000 |
*Significant at p < 0.05.
*Differences across gender were examined using t-test and chi-square.