Table 1.
Socio-demographic status of the baseline population a
| Normal weight N = 1,997 (29.67%) | Pre-obese N = 2,913 (43.28%) | Obese level I N = 1,341 (19.92%) | Obese level II N = 359 (5.33%) | Obese level III N = 121 (1.80%) | Total p-valueb N = 6,731 (100%) | ||
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| Gender | |||||||
| Women | 1,273 (63.8%) | 1,241 (42.6%) | 661 (49.3%) | 212 (59.1%) | 87 (71.9%) | 3,474 (51.6%) <0.0001 | |
| Men | 724 (36.3%) | 1,672 (57.4%) | 680 (50.7%) | 147 (41.0%) | 34 (28.1%) | 3,257 (48.4%) | |
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| Mean age (SD) | 53.4 (13.8) | 59.7 (13.6] | 62.0 (12.9) | 61.2 (12.1) | 59.1 (12.1) | 58.4 (13.8) | |
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| Education | |||||||
| Basic | 826 (41.4%) | 1,717 (58.9%) | 935 (69.7%) | 263 (73.3%) | 83 (68.6%) | 3,824 (56.8%) <0.0001 | |
| Medium | 572 (28.6%) | 641 (22.0%) | 225 (16.8%) | 60 (16.7%) | 23 (19.0%) | 1,521 (22.6%) | |
| High | 599 (30.0%) | 555 (19.0%) | 181 (13.5%) | 36 (10.0%) | 15 (12.4%) | 1,386 (20.6%) | |
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| Income | |||||||
| ≥150% median income | 440 (22.0%) | 537 (18.4%) | 195 (14.5%) | 36 (10.0%) | 19 (15.7%) | 1,227 (18.2%) <0.0001 | |
| ≥100% and <150% median income | 528 (26.4%) | 814 (27.9%) | 372 (27.7%) | 95 (26.5%) | 27 (22.3%) | 1,836 (27.3%) | |
| ≥60% and < 100% median income | 681 (34.1%) | 1,026 (35.2%) | 489 (36.5%) | 160 (44.6%) | 47 (38.8%) | 2,403 (35.7%) | |
| <60% median income | 179 (9.0%) | 255 (8.8%) | 124 (9.3%) | 36 (10.0%) | 17 (14.1%) | 611 (9.1%) | |
| Income unknown | 169 (8.5%) | 281 (9.7%) | 161 (12.0%) | 32 (8.9%) | 11 (9.1%) | 654 (9.7%) | |
a
Normal weight: 18.5 kg/m2 ≤ BMI < 25 kg/m2, pre-obese 25 kg/m2 ≤ BMI < 30 kg/m2, obese level I 30 kg/m2 ≤ BMI < 35 kg/m2, obesity level II 35 kg/m2 ≤ BMI < 40 kg/m2, obese level III BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2.
b
p values based on chi square tests.