Table 2.
Association between the characteristics of the participants and the EQ-VAS scores they achieved
| Characteristic | No. (%); Total = 306 | EQ-VAS score Median [Q1-Q3] |
P-value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age group (years) | |||
| ≤ 20 | 22 (7.2) | 82.00 [68.00–90.00] | 0.260 a |
| 21–25 | 102 (33.3) | 70.00 [50.00–80.00] | |
| 26–30 | 113 (36.9) | 70.00 [60.00–85.00] | |
| 31–35 | 39 (12.7) | 60.00 [45.00–80.00] | |
| > 35 | 30 (9.8) | 72.50 [63.75–86.25] | |
| BMI group | |||
| Healthy weight | 141 (46.1) | 70.00 [57.50–90.00] | 0.031 a |
| Overweight | 118 (38.6) | 70.00 [55.00–80.00] | |
| Obese | 47 (15.4) | 65.00 [50.00–80.00] | |
| Education level | |||
| Elementary school | 4 (1.3) | 37.50 [27.50–40.00] | 0.004 a |
| Middle school | 18 (5.9) | 55.00 [48.50–80.00] | |
| High school | 66 (21.6) | 70.00 [50.00–81.25] | |
| University | 218 (71.2) | 70.00 [60.00–85.00] | |
| Employment status | |||
| House-wife | 238 (77.8) | 70.00 [53.75–85.00] | 0.279 a |
| Governmental employee | 31 (10.1) | 65.00 [50.00–80.00] | |
| Private sector | 37 (12.1) | 70.00 [57.50–82.50] | |
| Income | |||
| Low (< 2000 NIS) | 123 (40.2) | 65.00 [50.00–80.00] | < 0.001 a |
| Moderate (2000–4999 NIS) | 147 (48) | 70.00 [55.00–80.00] | |
| High (≥5000 NIS) | 36 (11.8) | 80.00 [70.00–90.00] | |
| Gestational trimester | |||
| First trimester | 68 (22.2) | 70.00 [60.00–80.00] | 0.152 a |
| Second trimester | 112 (36.6) | 70.00 [60.00–85.00] | |
| Third trimester | 126 (41.2) | 70.00 [50.00–80.00] | |
| No. of children | |||
| 0 | 60 (19.6) | 75.00 [60.00–90.00] | 0.136 a |
| 1 | 92 (30.1) | 70.00 [60.00–85.00] | |
| 2 | 64 (20.9) | 70.00 [55.00–80.00] | |
| 3 | 44 (14.4) | 70.00 [50.00–80.00] | |
| ≥ 4 | 46 (15.0) | 62.00 [50.00–80.00] | |
| Presence of chronic diseases | |||
| No | 281 (91.8) | 70.00 [57.50–85.00] | 0.008 b |
| Yes | 25 (8.2) | 60.00 [40.00–70.00] | |
| Drug history | |||
| No | 287 (93.8) | 70.00 [55.00–85.00] | 0.033 b |
| Yes | 19 (6.2) | 60.00 [40.00–70.00] | |
| Regular exercise | |||
| No | 275 (89.9) | 70.00 [50.00–80.00] | 0.532 b |
| Yes | 31 (10.1) | 80.00 [70.00–90.00] | |
Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, EQ-VAS European Quality of Life visual analogue scale, NIS New Israeli Shekel (1 New Israeli Shekel = 0.29 US Dollar)
* All significant p-values are displayed in bold
** We merged underweight and healthy weight groups as the former contained only 7 subjects
a Calculated by Kruskal–Wallis test
b Calculated by Mann–Whitney U test