Table 1.

Descriptive variables considered and bivariate analysis between patients with overweight and obesity.

Variables	Overweight (BMI = 25–29.9)	Obesity (BMI ≥ 30)	p	Effect Size
	n = 98 (35.6%)	n = 177 (64.4%)
Male sex	57 (58.2%)	92 (52.0%)	0.324	0.12
Schooling
No schooling	24 (24.5%)	58 (32.8%)	0.096	0.27
Primary schooling	54 (55.1%)	74 (41.8%)
Secondary schooling/university education	19 (19.4%)	44 (24.9%)
Missing	1 (1%)	1 (0.6%)
Work Situation
Unemployed	11 (11.2%)	15 (8.5%)	0.665	0.11
Professionally active/Student	16 (16.3%)	34 (19.2%)
Retired/Permanent disability	68 (69.4%)	128 (72.3%)
Missing	3 (3.1)	0 (0%)
Cohabitation
Alone	13 (13.3%)	21 (11.9%)	0.714	0.04
Accompanied	83 (84.7%)	154 (87%)
Missing	2 (2%)	2 (1.1)
Depression medication-Yes	11 (11.2%)	19 (10.7%)	0.88	0.02
Anxiety medication-Yes	6 (6.1%)	23 (13%)	0.082	0.29
IPAQ Physical Activity before Hospital Admission
Low activity	62 (63.3%)	123 (69.5%)	0.303	0.21
Moderate activity	20 (20.4%)	39 (22%)
High activity	11 (11.2%)	11 (6.2%)
Missing	5 (5.1%)	4 (2.3%)
Median [P25–P75]
Age	72 [59–83]	69 [55–80]	0.105	0.1
Days of hospital stay	8 [5–10]	8 [6–10.75]	0.558	0.04
Charlson Comorbidity Index	3 [1–5]	3 [1–4]	0.798	0.02
Pardo Questionnaire of Habits Related to Obesity and Overweight before Hospital Admission
Calorie content of diet	2 [1.75–2.66]	2 [1.75–2.44]	0.301	0.06
Regular/systematic practice of physical exercise	1.66 [1–2.33]	1 [1,2]	0.007	0.16
Compliance with basic rules of healthy eating	3.67 [3.25–4.17]	3.5 [3.17–3.83]	0.004	0.18
Alcohol consumption	3 [3–4]	3 [3–3.87]	0.113	0.09
Food intake for psychological wellbeing	4.33 [4–5]	4 [3–4.67]	0.014	0.15

Me (P25–P75): Me = Median [interquartile range]; Note: non-responders (missing data) were not considered in the chi-square test calculations.