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. 2019 Jan 23;11(1):e3948. doi: 10.7759/cureus.3948

Table 2. Gender, medical college, and living status of pre-obese and obese medical students (N=117) .

* p <0.05, Chi-square applied

  Gender Medical college Living status
Nutritional status (BMI ≥ 25; N=117) Male (N=93) Female (N=258) Public (N=170) Private (N=181) With parents (N=267) Hostel (N=84)
Pre-obese (n=52) 20/93 (21.5%) 32/258* (12.4%) 24/52 (46.2%) 28/52 (53.8%) 47/52* (90.3%) 5/52 (9.7%)
Obese I (n=42) 18/93 (19.3%) 24/258* (9.3%) 16/42 (38%) 26/42 (62%) 38/42* (90.4%) 4/42 (9.6%)
Obese II (n=23) 8/93 (8.6%) 15/258 (5.8%) 15/23 (65.2%) 8/23 (34.8%) 19/23 (82.6%) 4/23 (17.4%)
Total 46/93 (49.4%) 71/258 (27.5%) 55/117 (47.1%) 62/117 (52.9%) 104/117 (88.9%) 13/117 (11.1%)