Table 2 Comparision qualitative variables of obesity and control groups
Variables | Obese (n = 2076) | Control (n = 3745) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | N | % | ||
Sex |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Male | 515 | 24.8% | 1681 | 44.9% |  |
 Female | 1561 | 75.2% | 2064 | 55.1% |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.009 |
 Single | 72 | 3.5% | 193 | 5.2% |  |
 Married | 1843 | 88.8% | 3232 | 86.3% |  |
 Widow | 117 | 5.6% | 248 | 6.6% |  |
 Divorced | 44 | 2.1% | 72 | 1.9% |  |
Level of education | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.002 |
 Illiterate | 1278 | 61.6% | 2309 | 61.7% |  |
 Primary school | 371 | 17.9% | 563 | 15.0% |  |
 Secondary school | 150 | 7.2% | 253 | 6.8% |  |
 High school diploma | 142 | 6.8% | 302 | 8.1% |  |
 University | 135 | 6.5% | 318 | 8.5% |  |
Economic level |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Poorest | 346 | 16.7% | 865 | 23.1% |  |
 Poor | 401 | 19.3% | 875 | 23.4% |  |
 Moderate | 477 | 23.0% | 724 | 19.3% |  |
 Rich | 447 | 21.5% | 676 | 18.1% |  |
 Richest | 405 | 19.5% | 605 | 16.2% |  |
HWPhenotype |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 No | 1181 | 56.9% | 3108 | 83.0% |  |
 Yes | 895 | 43.1% | 637 | 17.0% |  |