Table 1.
Characteristic | No. (%) |
---|---|
Education | |
≤High school graduate | 98 (26) |
>High school graduate | 275 (74) |
Age, mean (SD), y | 49 (12) |
Married | |
No | 183 (49) |
Yes | 193 (51) |
Employed | |
No | 110 (29) |
Yes | 263 (71) |
Smoking status | |
Never | 276 (81) |
Current | 66 (19) |
Sex | |
Men | 75 (20) |
Women | 304 (80) |
Perceived health | |
Poor | 73 (20) |
Good | 297 (80) |
Health insurance coverage, past 12 months | |
No | 60 (16) |
Yes | 319 (84) |
Children <18 y living at home | |
No | 233 (61) |
Yes | 146 (39) |
BMIb, kg/m2 | |
Underweight | 2 (1) |
Normal weight | 51 (13) |
Overweight | 71 (19) |
Obese 1 | 96 (25) |
Obese 2 | 75 (20) |
Obese 3 | 84 (22) |
Elevated waist circumferencec | |
No | 74 (20) |
Yes | 305 (80) |
Metabolic syndromed | |
No | 196 (52) |
Yes | 183 (48) |
Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.
Categories of variables do not add up to n = 379 because of missing responses.
The following classifications (16) were used: underweight, BMI <18.5 kg/m2; normal weight, BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m2; overweight, BMI 25-29.9 kg/m2; obese 1, BMI 30.0-34.9 kg/m2; obese 2, BMI 35.0-39.9 kg/m2; and obese 3, BMI ≥40.0 kg/m2.
Defined as elevated when ≥102 cm in men or ≥88 cm in women (16).
Defined as having ≥3 of the 5 diagnostic criteria based on American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute scientific statement (18).