Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices regarding Obesity among Population of Urban (Douala) and Rural (Manjo) Areas in Cameroon
Table 2
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants according to BMI.
| | Parameters | Frequency (%) | | Normal
BMI [18.5–25]
() | Overweight
BMI [25–30]
() | Obese
() |
| | Age (years) | | ≤30 | 33.6% | 57.9% | 30.7% | 0.0003 | | [30-50] | 17.5% | 37.0% | 57.3% | | >50 | 1.8% | 5.1% | 12.0% | | Gender | | Men | 44.3% | 41.1% | 39.0% | ns | | Women | 55.7% | 58.9% | 61.0% | | Origin region | | Adamawa/north/far north | 6.6% | 5.6% | 3.5% | ns | | Centre/east/south | 24.6% | 23.5% | 16.6% | | Littoral/southwest | 23.2% | 29.3% | 22.7% | | West/northwest | 45.6% | 41.6% | 57.2% | | Religion | | Christian | 87.9% | 90.9% | 87.2% | ns | | Muslim | 8.1% | 6.9% | 5.5% | | Other | 4.0% | 2.2% | 7.3% | | Occupation | | Student | 73.6% | 49.8% | 25.6% | <0.0001 | | Employee | 5.6% | 13.1% | 21.3% | | Self-employment | 12.2% | 21.1% | 29.0% | | Unemployed | 8.6% | 16.0% | 24.1% | | Education | | Primary studies | 4.4% | 6.9% | 11.7% | ns | | Secondary studies | 22.6% | 32.0% | 48.2% | | University studies | 73.0% | 58.9% | 39.0% | | None | 0.0% | 2.2% | 1.1% | | Lifestyle | | Life alone | 17.7% | 20.0% | 8.0% | ns | | Life with family | 80.5% | 78.9% | 90.7% | | Other | 1.8% | 1.1% | 1.3% | | Marital status | | Single | 85.7% | 64.0% | 32.8% | <0.0001 | | Married | 14.3% | 33.8% | 62.3% | | Divorced | 0.0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | | Widow | 0.0% | 1.1% | 3.8% |
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