Research Article

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices regarding Obesity among Population of Urban (Douala) and Rural (Manjo) Areas in Cameroon

Table 9

Knowledge, attitude, and practice scores according to sociodemographic characteristics.

Knowledge scoreAttitude scorePractice score

Study site
 Douala ()aba
 Manjo ()bab
<0.00010.0006<0.0001
BMI
 Normal weight BMI [18.5-25] ()aa,ba
 Overweight BMI [25-30] ()a,baa
 Obesity ()bba
0.00010.0202ns
Gender
 Men ()aab
 Women ()aba
ns0.00120.0182
Age (years)
 ≤30 ()aba
 [30-50] ()aaa
 >50 ()abb
ns0.00610.0002
Origin region
 Adamawa/north/far north ()aaa
 Centre/east/south ()aaa
 Littoral/southwest ()aaa
 West/northwest ()aaa
nsnsns
Education
 University studies ()bbb
 Secondary studies ()bab
 Primary studies or none ()aaa
0.0002<0.00010.0062
Occupation
 Student ()bab
 Unemployed ()aaa
 Employee ()abb
 Self-employment ()abb
0.02700.00050.0025
Lifestyle
 Life with family (2)baa
 Life alone or other ()aaa
0.0056nsns
Marital status
 Single/divorced/widow ()aaa
 Married ()bab
0.0009ns<0.0001
Religion
 Christian ()a,baa
 Muslim ()aaa,b
 Other ()bab
0.0496ns0.0402

ns: not significant. . For a given factor, scores in the same column with the same letter are not significantly different at .