Table 2 Comparative analysis of sociodemographic and lifestyle attributes across age groups in the study population
|  | Mean (SD) | Minimum–maximum | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 51.20 (14.018) | 18–94 | ||||||
| Â | Â | Â | Age Groups % | Â | Â | |||
|  | N | % | 18–37 y | 38–57 y | 58–77 y |  < 78 y | x2 | p |
Gender | 6.037 | 0.110 | ||||||
 Female | 233 | 59.7 | 11.5 | 32.3 | 14.1 | 1.8 |  | |
 Male | 157 | 40.3 | 5.4 | 20 | 12.6 | 2.3 | ||
Residence | 17.264 | 0.008 | ||||||
 Village | 121 | 31.0 | 4.1 | 14.6 | 9.5 | 2.8 |  | |
 Town | 32 | 8.2 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 0.0 | ||
 City | 237 | 60.8 | 11.3 | 34.1 | 14.1 | 1.3 | ||
Education | 178.744 | 0.000 | ||||||
 Elementary school degree | 35 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 3.3 |  | |
 Secondary school degree | 39 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 0.8 | ||
 High school degree | 129 | 33.1 | 5.4 | 19.2 | 8.5 | 0.0 | ||
 Certification of vocational training | 40 | 10.3 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 0.0 | ||
 Education academy | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
 Bachelor’s degree | 106 | 27.2 | 6.4 | 16.7 | 4.1 | 0.0 | ||
Postgraduate degree | 40 | 10.3 | 2.8 | 6.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | ||
 Marital Status | 155.281 | 0.000 | ||||||
 Unmarried/Single | 65 | 16.7 | 9.7 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 |  | |
 Unmarried/Single Parent | 3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | ||
 Married | 23 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.0 | ||
 Married parent | 250 | 64.1 | 4.6 | 38.5 | 19.0 | 2.1 | ||
 Divorced or widowed | 9 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | ||
 Divorced or widowed parent | 35 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.1 | ||
 Co-residence with a partner | 5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||
Pontic descent | 31.465 | 0.000 | ||||||
 Mother’s side | 72 | 18.5 | 5.9 | 9.7 | 2.8 | 0.0 |  | |
 Father’s side | 54 | 13.8 | 3.1 | 8.5 | 2.3 | 0.0 | ||
 Both | 264 | 67.7 | 7.9 | 34.1 | 21.5 | 4.1 | ||
Responsibility of cooking | 6.389 | 0.381 | ||||||
 Me | 202 | 51.8 | 7.7 | 28.5 | 13.6 | 2.1 |  | |
 Other | 120 | 30.8 | 5.1 | 14.4 | 9.7 | 1.5 | ||
 Shared with someone else | 68 | 17.4 | 4.1 | 9.5 | 3.3 | 0.5 | ||
Growing vegetables | 23.258 | 0.001 | ||||||
 Yes | 184 | 47.2 | 5.1 | 23.3 | 15.6 | 3.1 |  | |
 No | 179 | 45.9 | 11.0 | 24.9 | 9.5 | 0.5 | ||
 I used to grow vegetables | 27 | 6.9 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | ||
Animal husbandry | 8.432 | 0.208 | ||||||
 Yes | 122 | 31.3 | 4.6 | 14.6 | 10.0 | 2.1 |  | |
 No | 239 | 61.3 | 11.5 | 33.3 | 14.9 | 1.5 | ||
 I used to keep domestic animals | 29 | 7.4 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 0.5 | ||