Table 2.
Prevalence of chronic conditions, n (%), according to BMI category and gender
| |
Males (n = 4,260)‡ |
Females (n = 4,171)‡ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic condition | Total prevalence (%) | Normal weight | Overweight | Obese | P-value* | Total prevalence (%) | Normal weight | Overweight | Obese | P-value* |
|
Lower back pain |
16.2 |
240 (13.8) |
313 (17.2) |
135 (19.8) |
0.010 |
16.8 |
341 (14.3) |
220 (18.2) |
135 (24.3) |
<0.0001 |
|
Osteoarthritis |
3.2 |
34 (1.9) |
67 (3.7) |
33 (4.8) |
<0.001 |
6.2 |
101 (4.2) |
102 (8.5) |
54 (9.7) |
<0.0001 |
|
Diabetes |
3.1 |
37 (2.1) |
59 (3.3) |
33 (4.9) |
0.0104 |
2.8 |
35 (1.5) |
43 (3.6) |
38 (6.9) |
<0.0001 |
|
CVD |
3.7 |
63 (3.6) |
67 (3.6) |
25 (3.6) |
0.998 |
2.4 |
43 (1.8) |
46 (3.7) |
11 (2.0) |
0.010 |
|
Hypertension |
16.3 |
121 (9.6) |
260 (18.3) |
144 (26.4) |
<0.0001 |
16.2 |
161 (9.1) |
217 (22.3) |
141 (32.1) |
<0.0001 |
|
Raised cholesterol |
15.5 |
114 (9.5) |
234 (17.8) |
123 (23.8) |
<0.0001 |
18.3 |
254 (15.6) |
184 (20.2) |
102 (24.8) |
<0.0001 |
|
Asthma |
5.3 |
79 (4.6) |
103 (5.7) |
42 (6.2) |
0.290 |
7.2 |
173 (7.3) |
77 (6.4) |
49 (8.9) |
0.291 |
|
Bronchitis |
2.1 |
24 (1.4) |
44 (2.4) |
24 (3.5) |
0.011 |
3.1 |
67 (2.8) |
30 (2.5) |
33 (5.9) |
0.002 |
|
Anxiety |
4.7 |
73 (4.2) |
91 (5.0) |
35 (5.2) |
0.553 |
6.8 |
148 (6.2) |
87 (7.2) |
45 (8.1) |
0.245 |
| Depression | 3.9 | 69 (4.0) | 62 (3.4) | 33 (4.9) | 0.366 | 6.4 | 137 (5.7) | 79 (6.6) | 48 (8.6) | 0.060 |
Note:‡ This figure indicates the number of total respondents. As the chronic disease state is not known for all respondents, the actual numbers for each chronic disease does not sum to this figure. Numbers for men ranged from 4,217 to 4,260 with the exception of hypertension (n = 3,225) and raised cholesterol (n = 3,030), and for women the numbers ranged from 4,135 to 4,171 with the exception of hypertension (n = 3,195) and raised cholesterol (n = 2,952). *indicates chi-square p- values.