Table 1. Characteristics of the study population reporting body silhouettes in ECRHS III and in RHINE III.

	ECRHS III		RHINE III
	Women	Men	Women	Men
n	1215	1227	1584	1826
Age, mean (SD)	54.2 (7.5)	55.3 (7.4)	46.0 (6.6)	49.9 (7.5)
Height in meter, mean	1.63	1.77	1.68	1.81
Weight, kg, mean (SD)	71.1 (14.6)	86.3 (14.9)	69.6 (13.4)	86.7 (14.1)
BMI, mean (SD)	26.7 (5.3)	27.7 (4.4)	24.8 (4.7)	26.5 (4.0)
Current body silhouette, median	5	5	4	5

Abbreviations: ECRHS, European community respiratory health survey; RHINE, Respiratory Health In Northern Europe.