Table 1.
BMI characteristics of sample population by gender and data wave (n=15,418)
| Characteristic | Female (n=7553) |
Male (n=7865) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wave 3 (48 mo.) | Wave 4 (60 mo.) | Wave 5 (72 mo.) | Wave 3 (48 mo.) | Wave 4 (60 mo.) | Wave 5 (72 mo.) | |
| n a | 3783 | 3020 | 750 | 3913 | 3082 | 870 |
| Age (mean) | 52.83 | 65.07 | 74.11 | 52.91 | 65.08 | 74.67 |
| Age (range) | 44-64.8 | 56.7-74.3 | 70.2-85 | 44-65.3 | 56.8-73.8 | 70.3-86 |
| BMI, mean (SD) | 16.37 (2.47) | 16.46 (2.48) | 16.76 (2.95) | 16.62 (2.38) | 16.62 (2.36) | 16.59 (2.37) |
| ≥85th percentile BMI, n (%) | 1132 (29.9 %) | 967 (32.0 %) | 236 (31.5 %) | 1237 (31.6 %) | 1041 (33.8 %) | 263 (30.2 %) |
| ≥95th percentile BMI, n (%) | 541 (14.3 %) | 432 (14.3 %) | 111 (14.8 %) | 700 (17.9 %) | 559 (18.1 %) | 137 (15.7%) |
a
48, 60, and 72 month 85th and 95th percentile BMI cutoffs were applied to each respective wave sample