Table 1.
Distribution of socio-demographic attributes, health behaviours and chronic disease by weight outcomes and sex, Thai Cohort Study 2009
| Covariates | Overall, N=60 569 | Weight outcomes by sex* |
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| Underweight |
Normal |
Overweight |
Obese |
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| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Age (mean in years) | 35.6 | 33.0 | 30.1 | 35.5 | 33.7 | 38.6 | 36.5 | 39.6 | 36.8 |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Married | 55.3 | 38.2 | 33.7 | 54.5 | 49.1 | 67.9 | 60.2 | 70.9 | 55.2 |
| Single | 37.9 | 57.1 | 61.5 | 40.2 | 42.5 | 26.3 | 30.5 | 24.4 | 36.2 |
| Separated/widowed | 6.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 9.3 | 4.8 | 8.6 |
| Personal income (baht/month) | |||||||||
| Up to 3000 | 5.9 | 15.6 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 6.1 |
| 3000–7000 | 12.9 | 18.7 | 18.6 | 11.8 | 15.0 | 8.1 | 14.6 | 7.5 | 14.5 |
| 7000–10 000 | 22.4 | 26.6 | 32.4 | 20.5 | 27.5 | 14.7 | 23.2 | 13.3 | 23.0 |
| 10 000–20 000 | 35.7 | 27.8 | 31.7 | 39.1 | 33.9 | 41.3 | 32.7 | 38.2 | 31.5 |
| >20 000 | 23.1 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 21.5 | 18.1 | 31.1 | 24.3 | 36.4 | 24.9 |
| Geographical residence | |||||||||
| Rural | 44.0 | 50.8 | 42.9 | 48.5 | 42.7 | 45.2 | 42.8 | 42.6 | 39.9 |
| Urban | 56.0 | 49.2 | 57.0 | 51.6 | 57.3 | 54.8 | 57.2 | 57.4 | 60.1 |
| Smoking | |||||||||
| Never | 76.8 | 61.4 | 97.1 | 57.4 | 97.0 | 50.7 | 96.5 | 47.2 | 95.2 |
| Former | 14.3 | 17.7 | 2.2 | 23.9 | 2.3 | 31.3 | 2.8 | 33.6 | 3.9 |
| Current | 8.9 | 20.9 | 0.8 | 18.7 | 0.7 | 18.0 | 0.7 | 19.2 | 0.9 |
| Drinking (days/week) | |||||||||
| 0 | 72.9 | 62.9 | 91.3 | 52.7 | 90.6 | 48.1 | 90.9 | 49.6 | 91.7 |
| 1–3 | 22.5 | 29.8 | 8.3 | 38.6 | 8.8 | 41.7 | 8.5 | 40.1 | 7.5 |
| 4+ | 4.6 | 7.3 | 0.4 | 8.7 | 0.6 | 10.2 | 0.5 | 10.3 | 0.9 |
| Fruit and vegetable intake (serves/day) | |||||||||
| 0–4 | 41.8 | 48.8 | 39.9 | 44.1 | 38.6 | 43.3 | 38.9 | 46.6 | 41.7 |
| 5+ | 58.2 | 51.1 | 60.2 | 55.9 | 61.4 | 56.7 | 61.1 | 53.4 | 58.3 |
| Physical activity (sessions/week) | |||||||||
| 0–2 | 19.4 | 18.8 | 22.7 | 13.5 | 21.7 | 14.2 | 23.8 | 18.8 | 25.2 |
| 3+ | 80.6 | 81.2 | 77.3 | 86.5 | 78.4 | 85.9 | 76.2 | 81.2 | 74.8 |
| Screen time (h/day) | |||||||||
| 0–4 | 82.5 | 81.1 | 80.7 | 82.8 | 83.3 | 83.8 | 82.6 | 81.4 | 80.1 |
| 5+ | 11.5 | 18.9 | 19.3 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 17.4 | 18.6 | 19.9 |
| Ever been diagnosed for chronic conditions† | 30.3 | 20.2 | 20.0 | 26.8 | 23.6 | 36.1 | 31.2 | 48.0 | 36.9 |
| Ever been diagnosed for depression | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
*
Weight (body mass index) outcomes: normal = 18.5 to <23; underweight = ≤18.5; overweight-at-risk =23 to <25; obese =≥25; except for age, tabulated numerals represent covariate prevalences (%) within each weight–sex category.
†
Doctor-diagnosed chronic conditions include type I and type II diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, cancers (liver, lung, stomach, colon, breast and others), goitre, epilepsy, liver disease, lung disease, arthritis and asthma.
M, male; F, female.