TABLE 1.

General and body composition characteristics of two study populations

	Rotterdam Study	ERF study
n	6,251	2,347
Women	3,665 (59)	1,385 (55)
Age (years)	69.1 ± 8.8	47.5 ± 13.8
Range	55.1–99.0	17.6–85.3
Height (m)	1.67 ± 0.09	1.68 ± 0.09
Weight (kg)	73.2 ± 12.0	75.3 ± 15.4
BMI (kg/m2) baseline	26.3 ± 3.7	26.6 ± 4.4
BMI (kg/m2) at follow-up 2 (n = 3,630)	26.8 ± 3.9
BMI change (kg/m2)*	0.55 ± 1.8
Range	−10.0 to +11.0

Data are means ± SD or n (%), unless otherwise indicated.

*Change in BMI from baseline to follow-up 2 examination.