Table 1.
Baseline characteristic of participants
| Characteristics | n=119 |
|---|---|
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 49.7±3.5 |
| BMI, n (%) | |
| Underweight | 2 (1.7) |
| Normal weight | 43 (36.1) |
| Overweight | 50 (42) |
| Obese | 24 (20.2) |
| Marital status, n (%) | |
| Single | 0 |
| Married | 92 (77.3) |
| Widow | 24 (20.2) |
| Separated | 3 (2.5) |
| Educational level, n (%) | |
| Illiterate | 99 (83.2) |
| Primary school | 14 (11.8) |
| Intermediate school | 5 (4.2) |
| High school | 1 (0.8) |
| Occupation, n (%) | |
| Housewife | 116 (97.5) |
| Working | 2 (1.7) |
| Retired | 1 (0.8) |
| Parity, n (%) | |
| Parous | 119 (100) |
| Smoking, n (%) | |
| Never | 117 (98.3) |
| Past smoker | 1 (0.8) |
| Current smoker | 1 (0.8) |
| Exercise (times/week), n (%) | |
| <3 | 106 (89.1) |
| 3–5 | 4 (3.4) |
| >5 | 9 (7.6) |
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index.