Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of metabolic health, weight status, self-perceived weight, and covariates among participants in the add health study eligible for the hypothesis 1 A/2A and the hypothesis 1B/2B analyses
| Covariates | Sample for Hypotheses 1 A & 2 A (n = 788) |
Sample for Hypotheses 1B & 2B (n = 901) |
|---|---|---|
| Percent (n)a | Percent (n)a | |
| Age (Wave IV; mean [SD]) | 28.34 (1.85) | 28.35 (1.84) |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 64.60 (550) | 64.31 (632) |
| Male | 35.40 (238) | 35.69 (269) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| Non-Hispanic White | 76.81 (574) | 75.31 (639) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 11.77 (131) | 12.73 (164) |
| Hispanic | 8.99 (61) | 8.68 (69) |
| Other | 2.43 (22) | 3.28 (29) |
| Education (Wave IV) | ||
| Some high school | 6.21 (36) | 6.59 (43) |
| Graduated high school | 10.93 (75) | 11.11 (88) |
| Some college or technical training | 43.73 (319) | 42.84 (360) |
| Graduated college | 23.62 (200) | 23.96 (229) |
| At least some graduate school | 15.52 (158) | 15.50 (181) |
| Smoking (Wave IV) | ||
| Smoked in last 30 days | 35.68 (228) | 36.49 (270) |
| Did not smoke in the last 30 days | 64.32 (560) | 63.51 (631) |
| Mediator | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|
| Self-perceived weight (Wave IV) Range: 1–5 | 3.59 (0.81) | 3.59 (0.82) |
| Percent (n)a | Percent (n)a | |
|---|---|---|
| Metabolic health | ||
| Metabolic health at Wave V | ||
| Metabolically healthy | 78.55 (641) | --- |
| Metabolically unhealthy | 21.45 (147) | --- |
| Weight status | ||
| Weight Category at Wave IV | ||
| Normal | 41.13 (330) | 41.48 (374) |
| Overweight | 28.66 (229) | 27.91 (257) |
| Obesity | 30.21 (229) | 30.61 (270) |
|
Change in BMI from Wave IV to Wave V (mean [SD]) |
– | 1.83 (4.07) |
*BMI body mass index; SD standard deviation
aPercentages weighted using Add Health sampling weights. Cell sizes are unweighted counts