Table 1.
Age-standardized characteristics of the population by quintiles of BMI+
| BMI | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | |
| Age | 48.9 | 49.3 | 50.5 | 52.0 | 54.1 |
| Energy Intake | 1612.7 | 1635.5 | 1650.1 | 1665.8 | 1693.9 |
| Ever smoker | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| Alcohol consumption | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| High PA ** | 19.0 | 20.1 | 21.2 | 22.0 | 22.4 |
| Education | |||||
| None | 12.0 | 12.6 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 19.5 |
| Elementary | 30.1 | 30.8 | 32.5 | 33.8 | 36.6 |
| Up to High School | 27.1 | 26.4 | 24.6 | 23.2 | 19.2 |
| College | 14.0 | 13.6 | 12.0 | 10.4 | 7.9 |
| Income Level | |||||
| <10,000 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 14.5 |
| 10,000–19,999 | 30.9 | 30.5 | 30.9 | 32.5 | 34.1 |
| 20,000–29,999 | 24.5 | 24.8 | 24.2 | 23.9 | 22.0 |
| >=30,000 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 14.6 | 12.7 |
| Occupation | |||||
| Professional | 18.2 | 18.4 | 17.2 | 16.2 | 12.2 |
| Clerical | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.8 |
| Farmers/others | 18.3 | 18.9 | 19.6 | 19.6 | 19.4 |
| Housewife/Retired | 36.5 | 35.3 | 35.7 | 36.6 | 39.9 |
| Hypertension | 7.4 | 10.9 | 13.7 | 18.7 | 22.4 |
+
Data are presented as percentages and are directly standardized in years to the age distribution of the population for all variables except for energy intake and age for which means are presented. Means of energy intake (kcal/day) are adjusted by age using a general linear model.
*
Upper quartile of METs/day