Table 1 Characteristics of all respondents by sex
From: Identifying obesogenic environment through spatial clustering of body mass index among adults
Characteristics | All (N = 17,158) | Males (n = 8255) | Females (n = 8903) | p-valueb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years); Mean ± SD | 38.0 ± 11.9 | 37.4 ± 12.0 | 38.6 ± 11.8 | < 0.001 |
Ethnicitya | ||||
 Malay | 10,368 (60.4) | 4951 (60.0) | 5417 (60.8) | < 0.001 |
 Chinese | 2391 (13.9) | 1175 (14.2) | 1216 (13.7) | |
 Indian | 1179 (6.9) | 542 (6.6) | 637 (7.2) | |
 Indigenous groups | 1957 (11.4) | 890 (10.8) | 1067 (12.0) | |
 Others | 1263 (7.4) | 697 (8.4) | 566 (6.4) | |
Marital statusa | ||||
 Not married | 5273 (30.7) | 2709 (32.8) | 2564 (28.8) | < 0.001 |
 Married | 11,885 (69.3) | 5546 (67.2) | 6339 (71.2) | |
Occupationa | ||||
 Government | 2312 (13.5) | 1162 (14.1) | 1150 (12.9) | < 0.001 |
 Private | 6206 (36.2) | 3787 (45.9) | 2419 (27.2) | |
 Self-employed | 3717 (21.7) | 2322 (28.1) | 1395 (15.7) | |
 Unemployed | 3250 (18.9) | 309 (3.7) | 2941 (33.0) | |
 Unknown | 1673 (9.8) | 675 (8.2) | 998 (11.2) | |
Education levela | ||||
 Tertiary | 4330 (25.2) | 2013 (24.4) | 2317 (26.0) | < 0.001 |
 Secondary | 8778 (51.2) | 4390 (53.2) | 4388 (49.3) | |
 Others | 4050 (23.6) | 1862 (22.4) | 2198 (24.7) | |
Incomea | ||||
 Q1 | 3366 (19.6) | 1457 (17.6) | 1909 (21.4) | < 0.001 |
 Q2 | 3326 (19.4) | 1634 (19.8) | 1692 (19.0) | |
 Q3 | 3428 (20.0) | 1761 (21.3) | 1667 (18.7) | |
 Q4 | 3150 (18.4) | 1561 (18.9) | 1589 (17.8) | |
 Q5 | 3265 (19.0) | 1670 (20.2) | 1595 (17.9) | |
Zonea | ||||
 Peninsular | 13,948 (81.3) | 6764 (81.9) | 7184 (80.7) | 0.036 |
 East Malaysia | 3210 (18.7) | 1491 (18.1) | 1719 (19.3) | |
Urbanitya | ||||
 Rural | 7110 (41.4) | 3417 (41.4) | 3693 (41.5) | 0.908 |
 Urban | 10,048 (58.6) | 4838 (58.6) | 5210 (58.5) | |
District population densitya | ||||
 Least | 5957 (34.7) | 2903 (35.2) | 3054 (34.3) | 0.001 |
 Medium | 4645 (27.1) | 2124 (25.7) | 2521 (28.3) | |
 Most | 6556 (38.2) | 3228 (39.1) | 3328 (37.4) | |
District median HH incomea | ||||
 Low | 1822 (10.6) | 830 (10.1) | 992 (11.1) | 0.113 |
 Lower middle | 6616 (38.6) | 3191 (38.7) | 3425 (38.5) | |
 Upper middle | 5496 (32.0) | 2653 (32.1) | 2843 (31.9) | |
 High | 3224 (18.8) | 1581 (19.2) | 1643 (18.5) | |
Fastfood proximity | ||||
 Median (Q1, Q3) | 2.6 (1.0, 7.8) | 2.6 (1.0, 7.9) | 2.6 (1.0, 7.7) | 0.649 |