Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristic of the study participants (n = 20,460)
|  | Obese and overweight (n = 15,570) | Non-obese (n = 4890) | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | N | % | n | % | |
Age Categories | ||||||
  < 40 | 2398 | 7459 | 817 | 25.41 | 3215 | 15.71 |
 40–44 | 3013 | 75.36 | 985 | 24.64 | 3998 | 19.54 |
 45–49 | 3158 | 7821 | 880 | 2179 | 4038 | 19.74 |
 50–54 | 2814 | 79.16 | 741 | 20.84 | 3555 | 17.38 |
 55–59 | 2039 | 75.02 | 679 | 24.98 | 2718 | 13.28 |
 60–64 | 1407 | 74.88 | 472 | 25.12 | 1879 | 9.18 |
  > 65 | 741 | 7010 | 316 | 29.90 | 1057 | 5.17 |
Gender | ||||||
 Female | 8768 | 79.11 | 2315 | 20.89 | 11,083 | 54.17 |
 Male | 6802 | 72.54 | 2575 | 27.46 | 9377 | 45.83 |
Marital Status | ||||||
 Single | 194 | 56.89 | 147 | 43.11 | 341 | 1.66 |
 Married | 14,228 | 76.45 | 4383 | 23.55 | 18,611 | 90.9 |
 Other | 1148 | 76.13 | 360 | 23.87 | 1508 | 7.37 |
Education | ||||||
 illiterate | 4536 | 69.46 | 1994 | 30.54 | 6530 | 31.92 |
 Primary | 3279 | 71.21 | 1326 | 28.79 | 4605 | 22.51 |
 Tips | 2371 | 77.46 | 690 | 22.54 | 3061 | 14.96 |
 Diploma | 2639 | 76.27 | 821 | 23.73 | 3460 | 16.91 |
 Academic | 2145 | 76.50 | 659 | 23.50 | 2804 | 13.70 |
Chronic Disease | ||||||
 Have Diabetes | 1858 | 77.84 | 529 | 22.16 | 2387 | 11.67 |
 Have Hypertension | 3490 | 82.18 | 757 | 17.82 | 4247 | 2076 |
 Have Cardiac Ischemic | 1358 | 78.09 | 381 | 21.91 | 1739 | 8.50 |
Smoking | ||||||
 No | 13,373 | 77.89 | 3796 | 22.11 | 17,169 | 83.91 |
 Yes | 2197 | 66.76 | 1094 | 33.24 | 3291 | 16.09 |
Alcohol | ||||||
 No | 14,730 | 76.02 | 4646 | 23.98 | 19,376 | 94.70 |
 Yes | 840 | 77.49 | 244 | 22.51 | 1084 | 5.30 |
Socioeconomic Quintiles | ||||||
 Poorest | 2428 | 59.34 | 1664 | 40.66 | 4092 | 20.0 |
 Poor | 1937 | 47.34 | 2155 | 52.66 | 4092 | 20.0 |
 Middle | 3459 | 84.53 | 633 | 15.47 | 4092 | 20.0 |
 Rich | 3118 | 76.02 | 984 | 23.98 | 4102 | 20.05 |
 Richest | 3428 | 83.98 | 654 | 16.02 | 4082 | 19.95 |