Table 3 Differences in background characteristics of the participants among the clusters
Characteristics | Cluster1 N(%) 301(45.3) | Cluster2 N(%) 131(19.7) | Cluster3 N(%) 232(34.9) | Total | *P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (year) (mean ± SD) | 49.87 ± 5.52 | 50.81 ± 5.63 | 50.89 ± 5.13 | 50.40 ± 5.5 | 0.074 |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Less than diploma | 216(71.8) | 113(86.3) | 188(81.0) | 517(77.9) | 0.001 |
Diploma and more | 85(28.2) | 18(13.7) | 44(19.0) | 147(22.1) | |
Income | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Less than sufficient | 113(37.7) | 94(71.8) | 111(48.5) | 318(48.2) | < 0.001 |
Sufficient | 187(62.3) | 37(28.2) | 118(51.5) | 342(51.8) | |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
With husband | 273(91.0) | 111(84.7) | 192(83.5) | 576(86.7) | 0.024 |
Without husband | 27(9.0) | 20(15.3) | 38(16.5) | 85(12.8) | |
Job | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Housewife | 260(86.4) | 121(92.4) | 204(87.9) | 585(88.1) | 0.209 |
Employed | 41(13.6) | 10(7.6) | 28(12.1) | 79(11.9) | |
Husband job | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Official employee | 92(33.2) | 32(26.9) | 70(33.7) | 194(32.1) | 0.076 |
No-Official employee | 167(60.3) | 69(58.0) | 116(55.8) | 352(58.3) | |
Unemployed | 18(6.5) | 18(15.1) | 22(10.6) | 58(9.6) | |
N. Pregnancies | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
0–2 | 67(22.4) | 16(12.4) | 30(13.0) | 113(17.0) | 0.001 |
3–4 | 180(60.2) | 71(55.0) | 137(59.6) | 388(59.0) | |
> 5 | 52(17.4) | 42(32.6) | 63(27.4) | 157(23.9) | |
Underlying disease | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Yes | 108(34.3) | 89(67.9) | 106(45.7) | 298(44.9) | < 0.001 |
No | 197(65.7) | 42(32.1) | 126(54.3) | 365(55.1 | |
Psychological problem | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 36(12.0) | 27(20.9) | 29(18.5) | 92(13.9) | 0.037 |
No | 264(88.0) | 102(79.1) | 203(87.5) | 569(86.1) | |
Household population | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
< 3 | 39(13.1) | 13(9.9) | 21(9.1) | 73(11.0) | 0.010 |
4–5 | 158(53.0) | 52(39.7) | 106(45.9) | 316(47.8) | |
> 6 | 101(33.9) | 66(50.4) | 105(45.3) | 272(41.1) | |
N. Children | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
None | 28(9.9) | 16(13.0) | 30(13.5) | 74(11.8) | 0.736 |
1–2 | 181(64.2) | 78(63.4) | 135(60.5) | 394(62.7) | |
\(\:\ge\:\) 3 | 73(25.9) | 29(23.6) | 58(26.0) | 160(25.5) | |
BMI (\(\:\frac{\varvec{k}\varvec{g}}{{\varvec{m}}^{2}}\)) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
\(\:\le\:\)24.9 | 65(21.7) | 29(22.1) | 53(23.1) | 147(22.3) | 0.921 |
> 24.9 | 235(78.3) | 102(77.9) | 176(76.9) | 513(77.7) | |
Physical activity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 119(39.8) | 29(22.1) | 62(27.0) | 210(31.8) | < 0.001 |
No | 180(60.2) | 102(77.9) | 168(73.0) | 450(68.2) | |
Menopause Status | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.001 |
Pre-menopausal | 100(33.2) | 22(16.8) | 52(22.4) | 174(26.2) | |
Peri-menopausal | 73(24.3) | 36(27.5) | 64(28.0) | 173(26.1) | |
Post- menopausal | 128(42.5) | 73(55.7) | 116(50.0) | 317(47.7) |