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. 2023 Apr 10;45:e2023043. doi: 10.4178/epih.e2023043

Table 3.

Baseline characteristics of participants from 2011 to 2015 according to obesity phenotype

Characteristics Overall (n=4,961) NWNCO (n=2,378) AWNCO (n=122) NWCO (n=968) AWCO (n=1,493) p-value
Age (yr) 61.57±8.65 62.32±8.71 59.07±7.99 62.97±9.19 59.68±7.87 <0.001
Sex <0.001
Male 2,423 (48.8) 1,472 (61.9) 66 (54.1) 332 (34.3) 553 (37.0)
Female 2538 (51.2) 906 (38.1) 56 (45.9) 636 (65.7) 940 (63.0)
Educational level <0.001
Never received any formal education 2506 (50.5) 1231 (51.8) 54 (44.3) 540 (55.8) 681 (45.6)
Primary school 1064 (21.5) 533 (22.4) 27 (22.1) 175 (18.1) 329 (22.0)
Middle school 951 (19.2) 426 (17.9) 28 (23.0) 178 (18.4) 319 (21.4)
High school and above 439 (8.9) 187 (7.9) 13 (10.7) 75 (7.8) 164 (11.0)
Economic status1 <0.001
Low 1497 (30.2) 768 (32.3) 34 (27.9) 316 (32.6) 379 (25.4)
Middle 1590 (32.1) 778 (32.7) 42 (34.4) 286 (29.6) 484 (32.4)
High 1874 (37.8) 832 (35.0) 46 (37.7) 366 (37.8) 630 (42.2)
Residence <0.001
Rural 3411 (68.8) 1791 (75.3) 75 (61.5) 646 (66.7) 899 (60.2)
Urban 1550 (31.2) 587 (24.7) 47 (38.5) 322 (33.3) 594 (39.8)
Smoking history 2112 (42.6) 1268 (53.3) 57 (46.7) 313 (32.3) 474 (31.8) <0.001
Drinking history 1781 (35.9) 986 (41.5) 46 (37.7) 302 (31.2) 447 (29.9) <0.001
SBP (mmHg) 124.68±18.70 122.09±18.45 126.74±17.71 126.55±19.34 127.41±18.21 <0.001
DBP (mmHg) 73.38±10.85 71.67±10.59 75.57±9.79 73.27±10.69 76.00±10.92 <0.001
WC (cm) 83.32±9.20 76.03±5.10 79.78±4.70 86.83±4.16 92.94±6.37 <0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 22.81±3.25 20.48±1.81 25.00±1.18 22.37±1.34 26.63±2.19 <0.001

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation or number (%).

NWNCO, normal weight non-central obesity; NWCO, normal weight central obesity; AWNCO, abnormal weight non-central obesity; AWCO, abnormal weight central obesity; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; WC, waist circumstance; BMI, body mass index.

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Economic status was evaluated by the natural logarithm of per capita expenditures and was divided into 3 groups based on tertiles.