Prevalence and Association of Obesity with Self-Reported Comorbidity: A Cross-Sectional Study of 1321 Adult Participants in Lasbela, Balochistan
Table 1
Characteristics of the participants by self-reported comorbidity.
Self-reported comorbidity
value
No
Yes
(91.98%)
(8.02%)
(%)
(%)
Gender
Men
613 (93.02)
46 (6.98)
0.163
Women
602 (90.94)
60 (9.06)
Age (years)
18–30
758 (98.06)
15 (1.94)
0.001
31–44
299 (95.22)
15 (4.78)
45–59
112 (73.68)
40 (26.32)
≥60
46 (56.10)
36 (43.90)
BMI category (international cut-offs)
Underweight
226 (96.58)
8 (3.42)
<0.001
Normal weight
759 (94.88)
41 (5.12)
Overweight
189 (84.75)
34 (15.25)
Obesity
41 (64.06)
23 (35.94)
BMI category (Asian cut-offs)
Underweight
226 (96.58)
8 (3.42)
<0.001
Normal weight
572 (95.65)
26 (4.35)
Overweight
187 (92.57)
15 (7.43)
Obesity
230 (80.14)
57 (19.86)
WC category
Normal weight
903 (95.35)
44 (4.65)
<0.001
Overweight
212 (92.17)
18 (7.83)
Obesity
100 (69.44)
44 (30.56)
WHR category
Normal weight
587 (95.14)
30 (4.86)
<0.001
Overweight
98 (83.76)
19 (16.24)
Obesity
530 (90.29)
57 (9.71)
Marital status
Unmarried
483 (96.41)
18 (3.59)
<0.001
Married
732 (89.27)
88 (10.73)
Education
Uneducated
571 (87.31)
83 (12.69)
<0.001
Educated (≥5 years)
644 (96.55)
23 (3.45)
Monthly income (PKR)
Low income (≤8500)
280 (92.11)
24 (7.89)
0.925
Middle income (8501–103900)
935 (91.94)
82 (8.06)
Occupation/work status
Unemployed
752 (91.93)
66 (8.07)
0.990
Employed (skilled)
236 (92.19)
20 (7.81)
Labor (unskilled)
227 (91.90)
20 (8.10)
Smoking status
Never smoked
938 (93.24)
68 (6.76)
0.009
Ex-smoker
85 (86.73)
13 (13.27)
Current smoker
192 (88.48)
25 (11.52)
Comorbidity is the presence of one or more of the following conditions: type 2 DM, hypertension, CVD, hypercholesterolemia, OA, and CA. The reported values are for chi-square tests of independence for categorical data.
