Table 2.
Characteristics of the obese (BMI ≥ 30) participants
|
Country & study |
Estonia |
Finland |
Germany |
Italy |
The Netherlands |
Norway |
UK |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EGCUT | DILGOM | HeaIth2000 | KORA | CHRIS | MICROS | LifeLines | PREVEND | HUNT2 | NCDS | |
| Total number of participants (N) |
8,930 |
3,685 |
6,022 |
2,987 |
1,117 |
1,060 |
63,995 |
7,216 |
61,199 |
7,306 |
| Number with BMI ≥ 30 (%) |
2,053 (23.0) |
946 (25.7) |
1,342 (22.3) |
786 (26.3) |
130 (11.6) |
157 (14.8) |
9,934 (15.5) |
1,137 (15.8) |
9,922 (16.2) |
1,670 (22.9) |
| Gender (M (%)/F) |
698 (34.0)/1,355 |
399 (42.2)/547 |
573 (42.7)/769 |
373 (47.5)/413 |
60 (46.2)/70 |
57 (36.3)/100 |
3,813 (38.4)/6,121 |
514 (45.2)/623 |
4,104 (41.4)/5,818 |
874 (52.3)/796 |
| Age (yrs) |
52.6 ± 14.1 |
57.3 ± 11.6 |
54.5 ± 12.8 |
59.6 ± 12.0 |
53.6 ± 12.9 |
54.9 ± 15.2 |
47.4 ± 11.7 |
53.5 ± 11.7 |
53.5 ± 15.4 |
44.0 ± 0 |
| BMI (kg/m2) |
34.4 ± 4.1 |
34.2 ± 4.1 |
33.6 ± 3.4 |
33.8 ± 3.7 |
33.1 ± 3.4 |
33.6 ± 4.5 |
33.6 ± 3.6 |
33.2 ± 3.3 |
33.2 ± 3.1 |
33.9 ± 3.8 |
| Waist circumference (cm) |
107 ± 12 |
110 ± 11 |
108 ± 10 |
109 ± 11 |
NA |
NA |
108 ± 10 |
105 ± 11 |
101 ± 10 |
106 ± 10 |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) |
1.52 ± 0.33 |
1.30 ± 0.33 |
1.17 ± 0.32 |
1.31 ± 0.31 |
1.54 ± 0.45 |
1.54 ± 0.34 |
1.28 ± 0.33 |
1.16 ± 0.34 |
1.24 ± 0.35 |
1.38 ± 0.32 |
| Men |
1.35 ± 0.28 |
1.15 ± 0.26 |
1.05 ± 0.27 |
1.21 ± 0.29 |
1.31 ± 0.32 |
1.36 ± 0.25 |
1.13 ± 0.26 |
1.01 ± 0.27 |
1.10 ± 0.29 |
1.30 ± 0.30 |
| Women |
1.60 ± 0.32 |
1.42 ± 0.33 |
1.26 ± 0.32 |
1.40 ± 0.30 |
1.74 ± 0.45 |
1.65 ± 0.34 |
1.38 ± 0.33 |
1.29 ± 0.33 |
1.35 ± 0.36 |
1.47 ± 0.31 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/I) |
2.10 ± 1.16 |
1.82 ± 1.01 |
2.02 ± 1.22 |
1.77 ± 1.09 |
1.53 ± 0.99 |
1.87 ± 1.27 |
1.54 ± 1.02 |
1.88 ± 1.33 |
2.35 ± 1.39 |
2.17 ± 1.63 |
| Blood glucose (mmol/I) |
4.8 ± 1.8 |
6.4 ± 1.3 |
5.9 ± 1.7 |
5.9 ± 1.2 |
5.6 ± 0.9 |
5.4 ± 1.5 |
5.4 ± 1.3 |
5.4 ± 1.6 |
5.9 ± 2.0 |
4.9 ± 1.1 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
136 ± 17 |
140 ± 19 |
142 ± 20 |
128 ± 18 |
128 ± 14 |
143 ± 22 |
133 ± 15 |
139 ± 20 |
146 ± 22 |
132 ± 16 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
84 ± 11 |
83 ± 11 |
87 ± 10 |
78 ± 10 |
83 ± 8 |
85 ± 11 |
77 ± 9 |
77 ± 10 |
85 ± 13 |
83 ± 10 |
| Current smoking (%) |
30.5 |
15.3 |
23.0 |
17.7 |
15.4 |
28.0 |
19.9 |
26.3 |
30.8 |
23.9 |
| Number with MetS (M/F) |
410/606 |
323/355 |
425/515 |
229/216 |
26/26 |
34/33 |
2,208/2,262 |
346/335 |
2,792/3,114 |
513/269 |
| Number with MHO (M/F) | 34/166 | 7/37 | 19/43 | 34/61 | 11/12 | 4/9 | 359/1,433 | 26/94 | 180/553 | 79/226 |