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Table 2 Percent Obese by Health and Behavioral Characteristics of Sample (N = 747)

From: Frequency of alcohol use and obesity in community medicine patients

 

Overall

Not Obese

Obese

p-value

 

% (#)

%

%

 

Usually can take care of own health%

   

0.020

   Strongly agree

20.08 (142)

69.72

30.28

 

   Agree

35.79 (253)

62.06

37.94

 

   Not sure

13.30 (94)

53.19

46.81

 

   Disagree

22.21 (157)

52.87

47.13

 

   Strongly disagree

8.63 (61)

55.74

44.26

 

Frequent mental distress%

   

0.001

   Less than 15 days/month

72.50 (514)

63.81

36.19

 

   15 days or more

27.50 (195)

50.26

49.74

 

Days with impaired ADL%

   

0.027

   None

58.92 (416)

63.46

36.54

 

   One or more

41.08 (290)

55.17

44.83

 

Hours spent watching TV daily%

   

0.001

   Less than 3

39.41 (256)

65.63

34.38

 

   3 to 7 hours

50.00 (327)

54.74

45.26

 

   8 or more

10.86 (71)

42.25

57.75

 

Number of cigarettes per day%

   

0.008

   None

71.72 (535)

56.26

43.74

 

   1 to 20

20.11 (150)

68.67

31.33

 

   More than 20

8.18 (61)

68.85

31.15

 

Drink days per month%

   

0.001

   None

69.45 (516)

55.62

44.38

 

   1 to 2

16.15 (120)

65.83

34.17

 

   3 or more

14.14 (107)

73.83

26.17

 

5+ Drinks/day per month %

   

0.010

   None

86.35 (639)

58.22

41.78

 

   1 to 2

7.85 (58)

62.07

37.93

 

   3 or more

5.81 (43)

81.40

18.60

 

Days/Week Exercise%

   

0.005

   None

31.65 (226)

57.96

42.04

 

   1 to 3

45.10 (322)

54.04

45.96

 

   4 or more

23.25 (166)

69.28

30.72

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