Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants

Gender, female

61 (48.8%)

81 (49.7%)

31 (52.5%)

53 (45.7%)

239 (51.6%)

Age (in years)

Mean ± SD

37.2 ± 11.4

36.6 ± 11.2

36.2 ± 11.1

37.1 ± 10.9

37.2 ± 11.4

 18–30

41 (32.8%)

56 (34.4%)

20 (33.9%)

35 (30.2%)

152 (32.8%)

 31–50

56 (44.8%)

69 (42.3%)

27 (45.8%)

61 (52.6%)

213 (46.0%)

 > 50

28 (22.4%)

38 (23.3%)

12 (20.3%)

20 (17.2%)

98 (21.2%)

Residence

 Rural

33 (26.4%)

32 (19.6%)

11 (18.6%)

18 (15.5%)

94 (20.3%)

 Urban

92 (73.6%)

131 (80.4%)

48 (81.4%)

98 (84.5%)

369 (79.7%)

Marital status

 Single

60 (48.0%)

87 (53.4%)

27 (45.8%)

60 (51.7%)

234 (50.5%)

 Married

42 (33.6%)

54 (33.1%)

21 (35.6%)

45 (38.8%)

162 (35.0%)

 Divorced/widowed

23 (18.4%)

22 (13.5%)

11 (18.6%)

11 (9.5%)

67 (14.5%)

Educational level

 Illiterate

50 (40.0%)

54 (33.1%)

19 (32.2%)

28 (24.1%)

151 (32.6%)

 Elementary School

48 (38.4%)

78 (47.9%)

30 (50.8%)

47 (40.5%)

203 (43.8%)

 Secondary school and above

27 (21.6%)

31 (19.0%)

10 (16.9%)

41 (35.3%)

109 (23.5%)

Occupation

 Unemployed

66 (52.8%)

92 (56.4%)

20 (33.9%)

39 (33.6%)

217 (46.9%)

 Employed

59 (47.2%)

71 (43.6%)

39 (66.1%)

77 (66.4%)

246 (53.1%)

Monthly income level

 Low

57 (45.6%)

79 (48.5%)

26 (44.1%)

33 (28.4%)

195 (42.1%)

 Middle

42 (33.6%)

49 (30.1%)

25 (42.4%)

46 (39.7%)

162 (35.0%)

 High

26 (20.8%)

35 (21.5%)

8 (13.6%)

37 (31.9)

106 (22.9%)

BMI (Kg/m²)

 Mean ± SD

18.2 ± 2.4

20.2 ± 2.5

21.9 ± 2.5

21.6 ± 2.3

20.2 ± 2.5

  < 18.5

58 (46.4%)

82 (50.3%)

7 (11.9%)

18 (15.5%)

165 (35.6%)

 18.5–25

67 (53.6%)

81 (49.7%)

52 (88.1%)

98 (84.5%)

298 (64.4%)