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The relationship between obesity and combined material and social deprivation stratified by urban-rural status
| Obese, n (%), N = 1589 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined material and social deprivation quintile | ||||||
| Region, n | 1 (least deprived) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (most deprived) | p-value |
| Urban, 1324 |
180 (13.6) | 232 (17.5) | 277 (20.9) | 120 (9.1) | 515 (38.9) | <0.0001 |
| Rural, 265 |
15 (5.7) | 149 (56.2) | 80 (30.2) | 15 (5.7) | 6 (2.3) | 0.3904* |
*small numbers decrease power and the ability to detect significant differences for rural patients
