Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of normal weight and obese respondents in Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee from July to September 2005
| Total n= 826 |
Normal Weighta n= 451 |
Obeseb n= 375 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | p-value* | ||
| Female | 662 (80.1) | 380 (57.4) | 282 (42.6) | = 0.001 | |
| Male | 164 (19.9) | 71 (43.3) | 93 (56.7) | ||
| White, non-Hispanic | 786 (95.2) | 428 (54.5) | 358 (45.5) | = 0.706 | |
| Non white | 40 (4.8) | 23 (57.5) | 17 (42.5) | ||
| Age | |||||
| 18-29 | 66 (8.0) | 45 (68.2) | 21 (31.8) | <0.001 | |
| 30-39 | 113 (13.7) | 64 (56.6) | 49 (43.4) | ||
| 40-49 | 172 (20.9) | 95 (55.2) | 77 (44.8) | ||
| 50-59 | 191 (23.2) | 78 (40.8) | 113 (59.2) | ||
| 60-69 | 115 (14.0) | 61 (53.0) | 54 (47.0) | ||
| 70+ | 166 (20.2) | 105 (63.3) | 61 (36.7) | ||
| Education | |||||
| Less than high school | 103 (12.5) | 43 (41.7) | 60 (58.3) | <0.001 | |
| High school graduate | 258 (31.3) | 122 (47.3) | 136 (52.7) | ||
| Some college | 193 (23.4) | 108 (56.0) | 85 (44.0) | ||
| College graduate | 271 (32.8) | 177 (65.3) | 94 (34.7) | ||
| Annual income | |||||
| ≥ $25,000 | 502 (62.4) | 300 (59.8) | 202 (40.2) | <0.001 | |
| < $25,000 | 303 (37.6) | 139 (45.9) | 164 (54.1) | ||
| General health status | |||||
| Excellent | 122 (14.8) | 103 (84.4) | 19 (15.6) | <0.001 | |
| Very good | 237 (28.7) | 163 (68.8) | 74 (31.2) | ||
| Good | 238 (28.8) | 111 (46.6) | 127 (53.4) | ||
| Fair | 158 (19.1) | 49 (31.0) | 109 (69.0) | ||
| Poor | 71 (8.6) | 25 (35.2) | 46 (64.8) | ||
| Meet moderate physical activity recommendations | |||||
| Yes | 306 (37.3) | 200 (65.4) | 106 (34.6) | <0.001 | |
| No | 515 (62.7) | 250 (48.5) | 265 (51.5) | ||
*
chi-square statistics comparing normal weight and obese respondents.
a
Normal weight is identified as BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m2.
b
Obese is identified as BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2.