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. 2019 Dec 6;7:e8198. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8198

Table 2. Baseline characteristics (N = 137).

General characteristics Frequency Percent
Gender Male 74 54
Female 63 46
Marital status Single 98 71.5
Married 35 25.5
Divorced 4 2.9
Residence Urban 118 86.1
Rural 19 13.9
Education level Middle school 14 10.2
High school 27 19.7
University 65 47.4
Postgraduate 31 22.6
Dieting Dieting 42 30.7
No dieting 95 69.3
Age (years), cut-points 18.00–21.00 36 26.3
22.00–24.00 38 27.7
25.00–38.00 30 21.9
39.00–61.00 33 24.1
Total 137 100.0
BMI (kg/m2), cut-points 16.73–20.32 35 25.5
20.33–22.86 35 25.5
22.87–26.26 33 24.1
26.27–34.60 38 24.8
Total 137 100.0
Mean Median Std. Deviation IQR
Age, years 30.26 24.00 12.54 17
BMI, Kg/m2 23.64 22.86 4.19 5.96