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TableÌý4 Percentage changes of CGPA for underweight, overweight and obesity categories (CGPA for normal weight = 100)

From: Obesity among college students in Oman: implications for health and academic performance

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location

Underweight (% change)

Normal weight

Overweight (% change)

Obesity

(% change)

Location

Urban

89.55 (−10.45)

100

105.23 (5.23)

94.77 (−5.23)

Rural

100.00 (0.0)

100

98.61 (−1.39)

90.94 (−9.06)

Gender

Female

96.82 (−3.18)

100

103.53 (3.53)

94.70 (−5.3)

Male

87.41 (−12.59)

100

101.36 (1.36)

91.50 (−8.5)

Marital Status

Single

93.75 (−6.25)

100

99.65 (−0.35)

94.79 (−5.21)

Married

92.88 (−7.12)

100

116.37 (16.37)

91.46 (8.54)

Family Type

Nuclear

91.61 (−8.39)

100

104.20 (4.20)

94.41 (−5.54)

Joint

97.20 (−2.8)

100

106.64 (6.64)

91.96 (−8.04)

Extended

97.16 (−2.84)

100

98.94 (−1.06)

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Household Income categories

0–500 OMR

94.74 (−5.26)

100

95.44 (−4.56)

91.23 (−8.77)

501–800

102.23 (2.23)

100

102.23 (2.23)

89.59 (−10.4)

801–1000

96.14 (−3.86)

100

120.35 (20.35)

91.23 (−8.77)

1001–1500

88.68 (−11.32)

100

99.37 (−0.63)

101.57 (1.57)

1501–2000

78.27 (−21.73)

100

106.07 (6.07)

118.21(18.2)

Age group

17–20Ìýyears

111.64 (11.64)

100

108.36 (8.36)

84.36 −15.6)

21–24Ìýyears

87.50 (−12.5)

100

100.00 (0.0)

98.26 (−1.7)

25–30Ìýyears

107.74 (7.74)

100

94.95 (−5.05)

95.96 (−4.04)

31- and above

107.74 (7.74)

100

94.95 (−5.05)

95.96 (−4.04)

over all

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93.73 (−6.27)

100

102.79 (2.79)

93.38 (−6.62)

  1. Source: Authors calculations from the survey data