Table 1.

Means or Percents for Variable of interest by Obesity Categories (SE)

Variables	Not Overweight BMI <24.9	Overweight 25.0–29.9	Obese I 30.0–34.9	Obese II 35–39.9	Obese III >40.0
Number	2263	2738	1659	645	256
3MSE	95.1 (0.1)	95.0 (0.1)	94.7 (0.1) +	94.5 (0.2) +	93.9 (0.3) +
Age	70.6 (0.1)	70.3 (0.1) *	69.9 (0.1) *	69.4 (0.1) *	68.7 (0.2) *
Education		*	*	*	*
<HS diploma	4.9%	5.5%	7.4%	9.0%	6.6%
HS-Some college	58.5%	63.8%	67.0%	67.6%	66.4%
>College grad	36.6%	30.7%	25.6%	23.4%	27.0%
Waist (cm)	75.9 (0.2)	87.1 (0.1) *	97.6 (0.2) *	106.7 (0.4) *	113.4 (0.8) *
Waist/Hip ratio	0.79 (0.01)	0.83 (0.01) *	0.86 (0.01) *	0.86 (0.01) *	0.85 (0.01) *
Exercise(mets)	14.8 (0.3)	11.9 (0.2) *	8.9 (0.3) *	7.2 (0.4) *	6.4 (0.6) *
Smoking (pack-years)	24.5 (0.7)	25.3 (0.7)	27.1 (1.0)	27.7 (1.7)	28.6 (2.6)
Hypertension	35.7%	44.8% *	54.0% *	60.8% *	63.7% *
Heart disease	17.8%	17.6%	21.4% *	24.3% *	20.7%
Diabetes	2.6%	5.3% *	8.4% *	12.4% *	18.0% *

P-value <0.05 was marked by * and P-value <0.1 was marked by +. Normal is the reference group.

Heart disease includes heart or circulation problems, cardiac arrest, heart failure, cardiac catheterization, heart bypass, atrial fibrillation