Table 1.

Anthropometric characteristics, overweight, obesity and abdominal-obesity prevalence among Balearic Islands' adult population

	Men (n = 451)	Women (n = 630)	p value
Weight, kg †	78.5 ± 13.8	64.1 ± 12.9	<0.001
18–35 years old	77.0 ± 13.4	62.4 ± 12.4	<0.001
36–55 years old	82.7 ± 14.1	66.9 ± 13.3	<0.001
p value	<0.001	<0.001
Height, cm †	175.6 ± 6.7	161.6 ± 6.4	<0.001
18–35 years old	176.0 ± 6.5	162.1 ± 6.4	<0.001
36–55 years old	174.4 ± 7.0	160.9 ± 6.4	<0.001
p value	0.029	0.017
BMI, kg/m2†	25.5 ± 4.1	24.6 ± 4.9	0.001
18–35 years old	24.9 ± 4.0	23.7 ± 4.4	<0.001
36–55 years old	27.1 ± 4.0	25.9 ± 5.1	0.017
p value	<0.001	<0.001
Prevalence of overweight, % ‡	35.9 (31.6–40.5)	24.9 (21.7–28.4)	<0.001
18–35 years old	31.0 (26.2–36.2)	20.9 (17.1–25.3)	0.002
36–55 years old	48.8 (40.2–57.5)	31.0 (25.6–36.9)	0.001
p value	0.001	0.007
Prevalence of obesity, % ‡	11.8 (9.1–15.1)	10.8 (8.6–13.5)	0.622
18–35 years old	8.9 (6.3–12.5)	7.7 (5.4–10.8)	0.556
36–55 years old	19.2 (13.3–27.0)	15.5 (11.5–20.5)	0.362
p value	0.009	0.003
Waist circumference, cm †	86.5 ± 12.8	76.9 ± 11.2	<0.001
18–35 years old	83.9 ± 11.6	73.9 ± 9.6	<0.001
36–55 years old	93.5 ± 13.0	81.2 ± 12.0	<0.001
p value	<0.001	<0.001
WHtR †	0.49 ± 0.07	0.48 ± 0.07	<0.001
18–35 years old	0.48 ± 0.07	0.46 ± 0.06	<0.001
36–55 years old	0.54 ± 0.07	0.51 ± 0.08	<0.001
p value	<0.001	<0.001
Prevalence of abdominal obesity, % ‡	37.9 (33.6–42.5)	29.7 (26.2–33.4)	0.005
18–35 years old	26.2 (21.7–31.3)	19.9 (16.2–24.3)	0.047
36–55 years old	68.5 (59.9–76.1)	44.2 (38.2–50.4)	<0.001
p value	<0.001	<0.001

^†Mean ± SD; differences tested by unpaired Student's t-test.

^‡% (95% CI); differences tested by chi-square test.