Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics According to BMI Categories
| Body Mass Index |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total population N=34309 |
<25 kg/m2 N=17544 (51.1%) |
25.0–29.9 kg/m2 N=10580 (30.8%) |
≥30 kg/m2 N=6185 (18.0%) |
|
| Weight, kgs | 70.2 +/− 14.5 | 60.4 +/− 6.3 | 73.5 +/− 6.8 | 92.4 +/− 13.5 |
| Age, y | 54.6 +/− 7.0 | 54.4 +/−7.0 | 55.0+/−7.1 | 54.1+/−6.5 |
| Ethnicity, (%) white | 32389 (95.1) | 16663 (95.7) | 9953 (94.7) | 5773 (94.3) |
| Diabetes, (%) | 928 (2.7) | 172 (1.0) | 285 (2.7) | 471 (7.6) |
| Hypertension, (%) | 8667 (25.3) | 2777 (15.8) | 3027 (28.6) | 2863 (46.3) |
| Hyperlipidemia, (%) | 9980 (29.1) | 4338 (24.7) | 3508 (33.2) | 2134 (34.5) |
| Alcohol use, (%) | ||||
| Never | 15160 (44.2) | 6669 (38.0) | 4871 (46.0) | 3620 (58.5) |
| <1 drink per week | 4541 (13.2) | 2288 (13.1) | 1438 (13.6) | 815 (13.2) |
| 1–6 drinks per week | 11043 (32.2) | 6247 (35.6) | 3339 (31.6) | 1457 (23.6) |
| ≥1 drink per day | 3555 (10.4) | 2335 (13.3) | 929 (8.8) | 291 (4.7) |
| Smoking | ||||
| Never, (%) | 17689 (51.6) | 8960 (51.1) | 5463 (51.7) | 3266 (52.9) |
| Past, (%) | 12355 (36.0) | 6214 (35.4) | 3902 (36.9) | 2239 (36.2) |
| Current, (%) | 4239 (12.4) | 2358 (13.5) | 1207 (11.4) | 674 (10.9) |
| Physical Activity (%) | ||||
| ≥ 1000 kcal/week | 11728 (34.2) | 6499 (37.1) | 3582 (33.9) | 1647 (26.7) |
| <1000 kcal/week | 22580 (65.8) | 11044 (62.9) | 6998 (66.1) | 4538 (73.4) |
Hypertension is defined as self-reported systolic blood pressure of >140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg, or report of diagnosis of hypertension by a physician; history of hypercholesterolemia is self-reported cholesterol of at least 240 mg/dl (6.22 mmol/l)