Table 5 Relation of Gender, Educational level, Follow-up, BMI, and duration of the disease to doing exercise

Gender

 Male

61

(70.1)

26

(29.9)

87

(100.0)

 Female

53

(46.1)

62

(53.9)

115

(100.0)

0.001

Educational Level

 Illiterate

29

(42.0)

40

(58.0)

69

(100.0)

 Primary School

30

(62.5)

18

(37.5)

48

(100.0)

 Intermediate School

17

(58.6)

12

(41.4)

29

(100.0)

0.001

 High school

6

(42.9)

8

(57.1)

14

(100.0)

 College& postgraduate

32

(76.2)

10

(23.8)

42

(100.0)

Visiting physician for follow-up

 Less than four times a year

31

(52.5)

28

(47.5)

59

(100.0)

 Four times a year

35

(61.4)

22

(38.6)

57

(100.0)

0.643

More than four times a year

48

(55.8)

38

(44.2)

86

(100.0)

BMI

 18 and less

1

(100.0)

0

(0.0)

1

(100.0)

 18.5 – 24.9

26

(59.1)

18

(40.9)

44

(100.0)

0.032

 25 – 29.9

69

(62.2)

42

(37.8)

111

(100.0)

 30 and more

18

(39.1)

28

(60.9)

46

(100.0)

Duration

 Less than a year

6

(85.7)

1

(14.3)

7

(100.0)

 1 – 5 years

45

(63.4)

26

(36.6)

71

(100.0)

 6 – 10 years

39

(59.1)

27

(40.9)

66

(100.0)

 11 – 15 years

13

(33.3)

26

(66.7)

39

(100.0)

0.017

 16 – 20 years

7

(50.0)

7

(50.0)

14

(100.0)

 21 – 25 years

2

(66.7)

1

(33.3)

3

(100.0)

 26 – 30 years

2

(100.0)

0

(0.0)

2

(100.0)