Weight stigma in healthcare settings: the experience of Arab and Jewish bariatric surgery candidates in Israel

Table 1 Characteristics of participants

	Arabs n = 61		Jews n = 56		Overall n = 117		p value
Age
Mean ± SD	10.0 ± 36.5		13.2 ± 41.4		11.9 ± 38.9		0.027
Gender
%Female	91.1%	n = 51	73.1%	n = 38	82.4%	n = 89	0.014
Family status
%Living alone	63.6%	n = 38	47.3%	n = 26	55.7%	n = 64	0.083
Have kids
%Yes	68.3%	n = 41	70.9%	n = 39	69.6%	n = 80	0.764
Education
% < 12 years	15.1%	n = 8	16.4%	n = 9	15.7%	n = 17	0.856
Work status
%Working	38.3%	n = 23	23.1%	n = 12	31.3%	n = 35	0.082
Income ≤ 6,000 NIS	48.1%	n = 25	25.0%	n = 12	31.6%	n = 37	0.045
Income (per household)
6,000 < Income ≤ 12,000 NIS	26.9%	n = 14	37.5%	n = 18	27.4%	n = 32
Income > 12,000 NIS	25.0%	n = 13	37.5%	n = 18	26.5%	n = 31
BMI
Mean ± SD				42.5 ± 5.0	42.4 ± 5.4	42.4 ± 5.2	0.888

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