Table 2. Distribution of overweight/obese in preschool children in relation to socio-economic factors .
| Variables | Normal | Overweight/Obese | P value | ||
| Categorical | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Sex | 0.048 | ||||
| Boy | 2976 | 85.0 | 525 | 15.0 | |
| Girl | 2806 | 86.7 | 431 | 13.3 | |
| Type of settlement | 0.001 | ||||
| Urban | 2707 | 83.6 | 530 | 16.4 | |
| Rural | 3075 | 87.8 | 426 | 12.2 | |
| Age (yr) | 0.168 | ||||
| 2-2.9 | 1672 | 84.5 | 307 | 15.5 | |
| 3-3.9 | 1405 | 86.6 | 217 | 13.4 | |
| 4-4.9 | 1380 | 85.7 | 231 | 14.3 | |
| 5-6.9 | 1325 | 86.8 | 201 | 13.2 | |
| Mother's education | 0.014 | ||||
| <Diploma | 3562 | 86.4 | 560 | 13.6 | |
| Diploma | 1581 | 85.9 | 259 | 14.1 | |
| Academic | 633 | 82.4 | 135 | 17.6 | |
| Father's occupation | 0.013 | ||||
| Jobless | 208 | 88.1 | 28 | 11.9 | |
| Farmer | 859 | 88.7 | 109 | 11.3 | |
| Worker | 1332 | 86.8 | 203 | 13.2 | |
| Employee | 796 | 84.2 | 149 | 15.8 | |
| Retired | 2497 | 84.7 | 452 | 15.3 | |
| Free jobs | 54 | 83.1 | 11 | 16.9 | |
| Family size | 0.067 | ||||
| 1-4 | 4117 | 85.3 | 709 | 14.7 | |
| >4 | 1659 | 87.0 | 247 | 13.0 | |
| Food Availability | 0.521 | ||||
| Yes | 5064 | 85.9 | 832 | 14.1 | |
| No | 700 | 85.1 | 123 | 14.9 | |
| Healthcare services | 0.026 | ||||
| Yes | 5572 | 86.0 | 907 | 14.0 | |
| No | 205 | 81.0 | 48 | 19.0 | |
| Ethnicity | 0.068 | ||||
| Fars | 4749 | 85.6 | 802 | 14.4 | |
| Ghashghaei | 375 | 89.9 | 42 | 10.1 | |
| Khamse | 17 | 81.0 | 4 | 19.0 | |
| Mamasani | 370 | 84.1 | 70 | 15.9 | |
| Arab | 80 | 92.0 | 7 | 8.0 | |
| Other | 189 | 85.9 | 31 | 14.1 | |
| Birth weight (gr) | 0.017 | ||||
| <2500 | 545 | 87.3 | 79 | 12.7 | |
| 2500-4000 | 4991 | 85.9 | 822 | 14.1 | |
| >4000 | 138 | 78.9 | 37 | 21.1 | |
| Continuous | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | P value |
| Facilities | 3.75 | 1.45 | 3.62 | 1.47 | 0.012 |
| Income | 1.92 | 0.91 | 1.98 | 0.93 | 0.069 |
| House meter | 131.37 | 130.62 | 140.44 | 235.57 | 0.084 |