Table 1.
Socio-demographic and anthropometric characteristics of participants
| Men (n = 1277)* | Women (n = 1585)* | |||
| % | n | % | n | |
| Age (mean, SD) | 31.7 | 2.6 | 31.6 | 2.6 |
| Married/living as married | 66.9 | 854 | 72.2 | 1144 |
| Education | ||||
| University | 37.3 | 475 | 45.1 | 714 |
| Vocational | 35.7 | 455 | 26.0 | 412 |
| School only | 26.9 | 343 | 28.9 | 457 |
| Occupation | ||||
| Professional/Manager | 57.1 | 719 | 49.0 | 763 |
| White collar | 7.6 | 96 | 26.5 | 421 |
| Blue collar | 31.7 | 399 | 5.1 | 79 |
| Not in workforce | 3.6 | 45 | 19.5 | 303 |
| BMI (kg/m2)† | ||||
| Normal (< 25 kg/m2) | 38.4 | 409 | 62.0 | 701 |
| Overweight (25 – 29.9 kg/m2) | 45.4 | 483 | 23.8 | 269 |
| Obese (≥ 30 kg/m2) | 16.2 | 172 | 14.2 | 160 |
| Waist circumference (cm)† | ||||
| Normal | 72.4 | 771 | 65.9 | 744 |
| Moderate abdominal obesity‡ | 27.6 | 294 | 34.1 | 385 |
* Sample sizes vary due to missing data (range 1,259 to 1,277 for men, 1,557 to 1,585 for women).
† Anthropometric measurements in clinic attendees only and exclude pregnant women (men n = 1,065, women n = 1,129)
‡ Moderate abdominal obesity was defined as ≥ 94 cm for men and ≥ 80 cm for women