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Table 1 Percent Obese by Socioeconomic Characteristics of Sample (N = 747)

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

 

Overall

Not Obese

Obese

p-value

 

% (#)

%

%

 

Gender%

   

0.734

   Male

19.46 (144)

61.11

38.89

 

   Female

80.45 (596)

59.56

40.44

 

Age group%

   

0.004

   Under 35

36.44 (270)

66.67

33.33

 

   35–45

19.57 (145)

56.55

43.45

 

   46–55

18.89 (140)

48.57

51.43

 

   56–65

12.42 (92)

56.52

43.48

 

   Over 65

12.69 (94)

65.96

34.04

 

Race/ethnicity%

   

0.367

   non-Hispanic White

67.40 (490)

61.22

38.78

 

   Hispanic

23.93 (174)

56.90

43.10

 

   Black

7.29 (53)

50.94

49.06

 

   Other

1.38 (10)

70.00

30.00

 

Marital status%

   

0.145

   Married

52.94 (234)

62.57

37.43

 

   Single

47.46 (140)

57.30

42.70

 

Educational status%

   

0.148

   < high school degree

8.67 (35)

54.69

45.31

 

   high school degree

36.86 (272)

64.71

35.29

 

   Some college

38.48 (284)

55.99

44.01

 

   college graduate

15.99 (118)

61.86

38.14

 

Number of persons living in the home%

   

0.956

   Just me

16.21 (119)

60.50

39.50

 

   One additional person

26.29 (193)

60.62

39.38

 

   Two or more

57.49 (422)

59.48

40.52

 

Number of places to walk%

   

0.023

   None

29.91 (210)

52.38

47.62

 

   One place

15.95 (112)

60.71

39.29

 

   Two or more

54.13 (380)

63.95

36.05

 

Worried about having enough food%

   

0.033

   Yes

26.91 (194)

53.09

46.91

 

   No

73.09 (527)

61.86

38.14

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