Overweight and Obesity, Body Fat, Waist Circumference, and Anemia in Peruvian University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of university students.

Variable	Total		Women		Men
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (years)
<18	363	15.9	210	16.0	153	15.7
18–22	1464	64.1	890	67.8	574	59.0
23–27	351	15.4	165	12.6	186	19.1
>27	107	4.7	47	3.6	60	6.2
Origin
Coast	1086	47.5	638	48.6	448	46.0
Mountain range	670	29.3	368	28.0	302	31.0
Jungle	358	15.7	209	15.9	149	15.3
Foreign	171	7.5	97	7.4	74	7.6
Marital status
Single	2249	98.4	1300	99.1	949	97.5
Married	36	1.6	12	0.9	24	2.5
Academic area
Humanities	381	16.7	137	10.4	244	25.1
Business	359	15.7	216	16.5	143	14.7
Health	880	38.5	651	49.6	229	23.5
Engineering	665	29.1	308	23.5	357	36.7
Career
Administration	198	8.7	122	9.3	76	7.8
Accounting	162	7.1	94	7.2	68	7.0
Education	101	4.4	74	5.6	27	2.8
Theology	164	7.2	0	0.0	164	16.9
Communication	116	5.1	63	4.8	53	5.4
Architecture	122	5.3	67	5.1	55	5.7
Food engineering	83	3.6	59	4.5	24	2.5
Environmental engineering	187	8.2	110	8.4	77	7.9
Civil engineering	172	7.5	53	4.0	119	12.2
Systems engineer	100	4.4	19	1.4	81	8.3
Human medicine	278	12.2	167	12.7	111	11.4
Psychology	297	13.0	234	17.8	63	6.5
Human nutrition	174	7.6	139	10.6	35	3.6
Nursing	131	5.7	111	8.5	20	2.1

Note. n = 2285.