Table 1.
Sample characteristics
| Characteristic | Total sample (N=5,104) | WD (n=935) | No WD (n=4169) | Test statistic, p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (mean, SD) | 63.62 (11.38) | 57.28 (11.59) | 65.04 (10.84) | = 18.69, p<0.0001 |
| Body Mass Index, kg/m2 (mean, SD) | 34.45 (7.69) | 40.62 (8.28) | 33.06 (6.82) | = −26.01, p<0.0001 |
| Sex at birth | =97.12**, p<0.0001 | |||
| Male | 2270 (44.47) | 280 (29.95) | 1990 (47.73) | |
| Female | 2834 (55.53) | 655 (70.05) | 2179 (52.27) | |
| Race and ethnicity | =20.69, p=0.0001 | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 3706 (72.61) | 734 (76.99) | 2972 (69.01) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 668 (13.09) | 90 (10.49) | 578 (14.87) | |
| Hispanic | 479 (9.38) | 73 (8.25) | 406 (11.07) | |
| Other | 251 (4.92) | 38 (3.59) | 213 (3.05) | |
| Marital status | =53.79, p<0.0001 | |||
| Single | 776 (15.20) | 210 (22.82) | 566 (13.81) | |
| Married/living with partner | 2905 (56.92) | 496 (53.11) | 2409 (57.49) | |
| Widowed/Divorced/Separated | 1423 (27.88) | 229 (24.07) | 1194 (28.70) | |
| Household income | =19.10, p=0.0003 | |||
| <$35,000 | 1633 (31.99) | 348 (37.22) | 1285 (30.82) | |
| $35,000-$74,999 | 1509 (29.57) | 272 (29.09) | 1237 (29.67) | |
| $75,000-$99,999 | 661 (12.95) | 119 (12.73) | 542 (13.00) | |
| ≥$100,000 | 1301 (25.49) | 196 (20.96) | 1105 (26.51) | |
| Education | =9.83, p=0.02 | |||
| High school or less | 787 (15.42) | 127 (13.58) | 660 (15.83) | |
| Some college education | 1712 (33.54) | 353 (37.75) | 1359 (32.60) | |
| College graduate | 1337 (26.20) | 233 (24.92) | 1104 (26.48) | |
| Advanced degree | 1268 (24.84) | 222 (23.74) | 1046 (25.09) |
Unless otherwise stated, numbers represent frequencies and column-wise proportions; WD – Weight-related discrimination.
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Yate’s continuity correction applied