Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study cohort
| BMI (kg/m2) | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 18.5 | 18.50–21.99 | 22.0–24.99 | 25.0–29.99 | ≥ 30.0 | ||
| Women | ||||||
| Number of participants | 128,876 | 448,712 | 224,937 | 99,867 | 25,476 | 927,868 |
| Age (years) | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.3 |
| Height (cm) | 162.8 | 162.1 | 161.8 | 161.8 | 162.3 | 162.1 |
| Mean BMI (kg/m2) | 17.5 | 20.3 | 23.3 | 26.8 | 32.9 | 21.7 |
| 12 years schooling (%) | 91 | 91 | 90 | 89 | 90 | 91 |
| Low residential SES (%) | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 21 |
| Born in Israel (%) | 87 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 87 |
| Country of origin (%) | ||||||
| Israel | 13.7 | 48.9 | 23.9 | 10.7 | 2.8 | |
| USSR | 13.7 | 47.3 | 24.5 | 11.4 | 3.1 | |
| Asia | 16.4 | 49.0 | 22.6 | 9.7 | 2.4 | |
| Africa | 12.5 | 47.1 | 25.2 | 12.0 | 3.3 | |
| Europe | 12.7 | 49.2 | 25.0 | 10.6 | 2.5 | |
| Ethiopia | 29.3 | 45.4 | 16.5 | 7.1 | 1.7 | |
| Men | ||||||
| Number of participants | 186,190 | 678,005 | 324,665 | 139,556 | 37,855 | 1,366,271 |
| Age (years) | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.4 |
| Height (cm) | 173.2 | 173.4 | 173.7 | 174.0 | 174.0 | 173.5 |
| Mean BMI (kg/m2) | 17.5 | 20.3 | 23.3 | 26.8 | 32.9 | 21.6 |
| 12 years schooling (%) | 71 | 72 | 75 | 76 | 76 | 73 |
| Low residential SES (%) | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 27 |
| Born in Israel (%) | 84 | 83 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 83 |
| Country of origin (%) | ||||||
| Israel | 13.2 | 48.6 | 24.1 | 10.9 | 3.2 | |
| USSR | 11.2 | 46.0 | 26.4 | 12.7 | 3.7 | |
| Asia | 16.9 | 50.7 | 21.4 | 8.7 | 2.3 | |
| Africa | 12.7 | 51.6 | 23.5 | 9.5 | 2.7 | |
| Europe | 11.9 | 48.6 | 25.5 | 11.2 | 2.8 | |
| Ethiopia | 31.2 | 52.6 | 11.2 | 3.9 | 1.1 | |