Table 2 Comparing sociodemographic characteristics between body mass index groups in adults in Eastern Sudan, 2022.
Characteristics | Normal weight (number = 154) | Underweight (number = 44) | Overweight (number = 145 | Obese (number 127) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medians (interquartile range) compared using the Kruskal-Wallis H test | |||||
Age, years | 44.0 (30.0‒55.5) | 36.5 (25.2‒52.0) | 45.0 (35.0‒58.0) | 47.0 (37.0‒58.0) | 0.012 |
Waist circumference, cm | 78.0 (71.0‒86.0) | 69.0 (63.0‒75.0) | 87.0 (78.0‒98.0) | 94.0 (81.0‒104.0) | < 0.001 |
The numbers (proportions) were compared using the Chi-square test | |||||
Sex | |||||
Male | 88 (36.4) | 33 (13.6) | 68 (28.1) | 53 (21.9) | < 0.001 |
Female | 66 (28.9) | 11 (4.8) | 77 (33.8) | 74 (32.5) | |
Marital status | |||||
Unmarried | 50 (41.3) | 16 (13.2) | 34 (28.1) | 21 (17.4) | 0.007 |
Married | 104 (29.8) | 28 (8.0) | 111 (31.8) | 106 (30.4) | |
Education | |||||
≥ Secondary | 107 (33.1) | 34 (10.5) | 98 (30.3) | 84(26.0) | 0.632 |
< Secondary | 47 (32.0) | 10 (6.8) | 47 (32.0) | 43 (29.3) | |
Occupation | |||||
Employed | 76 (34.9) | 30 (13.8) | 60 (27.5) | 52 (23.9) | 0.008 |
Unemployed | 78 (31.0) | 14 (5.6) | 85 (33.7) | 75 (29.8) | |
Alcohol consumption | |||||
Never | 136 (32.3) | 32 (7.6) | 137 (32.5) | 116 (27.6) | < 0.001 |
Current/former | 18 (36.7) | 12 (24.5) | 8 (16.3) | 11 (22.4) | |
