Dimension 1 Physical state | Dimension 2: Vitality desire to do things | Dimension 3 Relations with others * "I feel I am being attacked when people talk about my weight" | Dimension 4 Psychological state ** "I feel very ill-at-ease " | ||||||
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Variables | n | % patients ≤ Q25% score (1) | p | % patients ≤ Q25% score (1) | p | % 'Fairly true' or 'absolutely true' | p | % 'Fairly true' or 'absolutely true' | p |
Overall | 494 | 25.1 | 27.9 | 19.6 | 22.3 | ||||
Age (years) | 0.168 | 0.837 | 0.002 | 0.108 | |||||
< 60 | 217 | 21.7 | 29.0 | 26.3 | 26.7 | ||||
60 - 69.9 | 123 | 30.9 | 26.0 | 17.9 | 18.7 | ||||
≥ 70 | 154 | 25.3 | 27.9 | 11.7 | 18.8 | ||||
Gender | 0.007 | 0.202 | 0.002 | <.0001 | |||||
Males | 259 | 20.1 | 25.5 | 14.3 | 13.9 | ||||
Females | 235 | 30.6 | 30.6 | 25.5 | 31.5 | ||||
Body Mass Index (kg/m 2 ) | <.0001 | 0.028 | <.0001 | <.0001 | |||||
28-29.9 | 154 | 12.3 | 22.7 | 13.6 | 13.0 | ||||
30 - 34.9 | 186 | 21.5 | 25.8 | 15.1 | 19.3 | ||||
≥ 35 | 154 | 42.2 | 35.7 | 31.2 | 35.1 | ||||
Socio-economic status | 0.002 | 0.027 | 0.082 | 0.001 | |||||
Workmen - employees | 213 | 27.2 | 31.9 | 20.2 | 25.3 | ||||
Top executives -Professional persons | 92 | 9.8 | 15.2 | 13.0 | 8.7 | ||||
Teachers - artisans - shopkeeper | 63 | 27.0 | 28.6 | 15.9 | 17.5 | ||||
Unemployed/housewives-husbands | 66 | 33.3 | 28.8 | 28.8 | 31.8 | ||||
Current smoking | 0.620 | 0.041 | 0.037 | 0.357 | |||||
No | 415 | 24.6 | 26.7 | 17.8 | 22.2 | ||||
Yes | 58 | 27.6 | 39.7 | 29.3 | 27.6 | ||||
Alcohol | 0.251 | 0.791 | 0.017 | 0.004 | |||||
None | 269 | 28.2 | 26.8 | 24.2 | 27.1 | ||||
1-2 glasses per day | 134 | 21.6 | 29.1 | 14.2 | 18.7 | ||||
≥ 3 glasses per day | 83 | 21.7 | 30.1 | 13.2 | 10.8 | ||||
Number of associated co-morbid diagnoses | 0.018 | 0.020 | 0.479 | 0.933 | |||||
None or one | 78 | 17.9 | 24.4 | 16.7 | 21.8 | ||||
Two | 127 | 18.9 | 19.7 | 17.3 | 21.3 | ||||
Three or more | 289 | 29.8 | 32.5 | 21.4 | 22.8 | ||||
Previous efforts for substantial changes in dietary habits | 0.487 | 0.117 | 0.216 | 0.947 | |||||
No' | 298 | 26.2 | 30.5 | 18.1 | 22.5 | ||||
Yes | 180 | 23.3 | 23.9 | 22.8 | 22.2 | ||||
Previous efforts for substantial changes in physical activities | 0.027 | 0.019 | 0.381 | 0.958 | |||||
No | 386 | 26.9 | 30.8 | 19.7 | 23.1 | ||||
Yes | 79 | 15.2 | 17.7 | 24.0 | 22.8 |