Table 1.
Sample characteristics.
| Total | Normal weight | Overweight | Obese I | Obese II | Obese III | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Overall | 11,211 | 100 | 4206 (37.5) | 3920 (35.0) | 1878 (16.8) | 750 (6.69) | 457 (4.08) |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 5342 | 47.7 | 1693 (40.3) | 2254 (57.5) | 947 (50.4) | 300 (40.0) | 148 (32.4) |
| Female | 5869 | 52.4 | 2513 (59.8) | 1666 (42.5) | 931 (49.6) | 450 (60.0) | 309 (67.6) |
| Income | |||||||
| Lowest | 2804 | 25.0 | 1071 (25.5) | 858 (21.9) | 489 (26.0) | 222 (29.6) | 164 (35.9) |
| 2nd quantile | 2802 | 25.0 | 995 (23.7) | 977 (24.9) | 515 (27.4) | 188 (25.1) | 127 (27.8) |
| 3rd quantile | 2803 | 25.0 | 1044 (24.8) | 1003 (25.6) | 469 (25.0) | 186 (24.8) | 101 (22.1) |
| Highest | 2802 | 25.0 | 1096 (26.1) | 1082 (27.6) | 405 (21.6) | 154 (20.5) | 65 (14.2) |
| Age | |||||||
| 20–29 | 2629 | 23.5 | 1314 (31.2) | 762 (19.4) | 342 (18.2) | 131 (17.5) | 80 (17.5) |
| 30–39 | 2484 | 22.2 | 989 (23.5) | 888 (22.7) | 373 (19.9) | 141 (18.8) | 93 (20.4) |
| 40–49 | 2378 | 21.2 | 777 (18.5) | 880 (22.5) | 422 (22.5) | 174 (23.2) | 125 (27.4) |
| 50–59 | 2431 | 21.7 | 724 (17.2) | 920 (23.5) | 484 (25.8) | 192 (25.6) | 111 (24.3) |
| 60–65 | 1289 | 11.5 | 402 (9.56) | 470 (12.0) | 257 (13.7) | 112 (14.9) | 48 (10.5) |
| Education | |||||||
| Low education | 1781 | 15.9 | 531 (12.6) | 570 (14.5) | 391 (20.8) | 178 (23.7) | 111 (24.3) |
| Middle education | 5821 | 51.9 | 2034 (48.4) | 2045 (52.2) | 1944 (55.6) | 425 (56.7) | 273 (59.7) |
| High education | 3609 | 32.2 | 1641 (39.0) | 1305 (33.3) | 443 (23.6) | 147 (19.6) | 73 (16.0) |
| Indigenous status | |||||||
| Non-Indigenous | 10,912 | 97.3 | 4126 (98.1) | 3824 (97.6) | 1808 (96.3) | 714 (95.2) | 440 (96.3) |
| Indigenous | 299 | 2.67 | 80 (1.9) | 96 (2.45) | 70 (3.73) | 36 (4.80) | 17 (3.72) |
| Country of birth | |||||||
| Australia | 9019 | 80.5 | 3228 (77.0) | 3161 (80.6) | 1584 (84.4) | 638 (85.1) | 398 (87.1) |
| Main English speaking country | 936 | 8.35 | 330 (7.85) | 344 (8.78) | 155 (8.25) | 72 (9.6) | 35 (7.66) |
| Others | 1256 | 11.2 | 638 (15.2) | 415 (10.6) | 139 (7.40) | 40 (5.33) | 24 (5.25) |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Married/de facto | 7917 | 70.6 | 2844 (67.6) | 2895 (73.9) | 1370 (73.0) | 517 (68.9) | 291 (63.7) |
| Others | 3294 | 29.4 | 1362 (32.4) | 1025 (26.2) | 508 (27.1) | 233 (31.1) | 166 (36.3) |
| State | |||||||
| New South Wales | 3184 | 28.4 | 1239 (29.5) | 1135 (29.0) | 507 (27.0) | 199 (26.5) | 104 (22.8) |
| Victoria | 2839 | 25.3 | 1120 (26.6) | 986 (25.2) | 447 (23.8) | 171 (22.8) | 115 (25.2) |
| Queensland | 2479 | 22.1 | 898 (21.4) | 864 (22.0) | 435 (23.2) | 172 (22.9) | 110 (24.1) |
| South Australia | 999 | 8.91 | 349 (8.3) | 311 (7.93) | 195 (10.4) | 83 (11.1) | 61 (13.4) |
| Western Australia | 980 | 8.74 | 345 (8.2) | 372 (9.49) | 154 (8.20) | 71 (9.47) | 38 (8.32) |
| Tasmania | 379 | 3.38 | 116 (2.76) | 130 (3.32) | 79 (4.21) | 34 (4.53) | 20 (4.4) |
| Northern Territory | 99 | 0.88 | 39 (0.93) | 37 (0.94) | 14 (0.75) | 6 (0.80) | 3 (0.7) |
| Australian Capital territory | 252 | 2.25 | 100 (2.38) | 85 (2.17) | 47 (2.50) | 14 (1.87) | 6 (1.3) |
| Area | |||||||
| Urban | 9801 | 87.4 | 3755 (89.3) | 3408 (86.9) | 1610 (85.7) | 633 (84.4) | 395 (86.4) |
| Rural | 1410 | 12.6 | 451 (10.7) | 512 (13.1) | 268 (14.3) | 117 (15.6) | 62 (13.6) |
| Alcohol intake | |||||||
| No intake | 4388 | 39.1 | 1594 (37.9) | 1332 (34.0) | 817 (43.5) | 373 (49.7) | 272 (59.5) |
| Drink alcohol < 3 days per week | 4016 | 35.8 | 1577 (37.5) | 1450 (37.0) | 611 (32.5) | 248 (33.1) | 130 (28.5) |
| Drink alcohol 3 + days per week | 2807 | 25 | 1035 (24.6) | 1138 (29.0) | 450 (24.0) | 129 (17.2) | 55 (12.0) |
| Smoking | |||||||
| Non-smoker | 6110 | 54.5 | 2573 (61.2) | 2111 (53.9) | 865 (46.1) | 342 (45.6) | 219 (47.9) |
| Ex smoker | 2940 | 26.2 | 857 (20.4) | 1097 (28.0) | 602 (32.1) | 246 (32.8) | 138 (30.2) |
| Current smoker | 2161 | 19.3 | 776 (18.5) | 712 (18.2) | 411 (21.9) | 162 (21.6) | 100 (21.9) |