Table 5: Relation between mean number of barriers and socio-demographic variables & BMI.

Variable Personal barriers Social barriers Environmental barriers Total barriers
Gender
Males
Females
1.84±1.54
2.32±1.67
0.52±0.71
0.73±0.74
0.93±0.66
1.02±0.65
3.29±2.32
4.08±2.30
P- valuea 0.292 0.862 0.142 0.262
Age Category
Young (21-40)
Middle age (41-60)
Elderly (60 &above)
2.14±1.65
1.96±1.45
1.52±1.82
0.62±0.73
0.67±0.75
0.42±0.614
0.97±0.65
1.02±0.665
0.85±0.71
3.73±2.37
3.66±2.13
2.79±2.55
P- valueb 0.054 0.200 0.325 0.079
Educational level
Less than high school
High school
Diploma
University
Post- graduate
1.74±1.47
2.09±1.77
2.13±1.62
2.04±1.47
2.22±1.81
0.49±0.68
0.55±0.69
0.67±0.74
0.58±0.70
0.80±0.84
0.98±0.69
0.91±0.64
0.97±0.63
1.03±0.72
0.98±0.53
3.21±2.19
3.55±2.38
3.77±2.38
3.66±2.16
4.00±2.79
P- valueb 0.501 0.049** 0.497 0.362
Social status
Single
Married
Divorced
widowed
2.03±1.53
2.09±1.69
2.28±1.46
1.80±1.28
0.41±0.69
0.73±0.75
0.61±0.57
0.65±0.48
0.93±0.65
1.02±0.66
0.84±0.60
0.85±0.48
3.37±2.26
3.85±2.41
3.77±2.18
3.30±1.55
P- valueb 0.683 0.000** 0.086 0.048**
Monthly income
Less than 5000$
5000-10000$
More than 10000$
2.07±1.63
2.20±1.53
1.97±1.70
0.62±0.73
0.65±0.72
0.62±0.90
0.97±0.63
0.96±0.62
0.97±0.87
3.66±2.34
3.83±2.21
3.56±2.68
P- valueb 0.513 0.871 0.983 0.640
Number of children
No children
1-2 child
3-4 child
5 children and more
2.07±1.64
2.37±1.74
1.83±1.48
2.09±1.57
0.42±0.67
0.90±0.83
0.74±0.73
0.67±0.65
0.91±0.66
1.04±0.67
1.02±0.60
1.01±0.68
3.40±2.33
4.31±2.59
3.60±2.16
3.77±2.16
P- valueb 0.025** 0.000** 0.091 0.001**
BMI category
Underweight
Normal
Overweight/ obese/ morbid obese
2.55±2.16
2.09±1.69
2.06±1.60
0.91±0.53
0.57±0.74
0.63±0.72
1.18±0.75
1.00±0.65
0.96±0.67
4.64±2.58
3.68±2.45
3.66±2.31
P- valueb 0.621 0.235 0.467 0.399

a independent t-test b One Way ANOVA **P≤0.05