Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the sample
|
Female
(N = 8905) |
Male
(N = 7671) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DLD | Clinical | DLD | Clinical | |
| Height (cm) | 164.1 ± 7.0 | 163.8 ± 7.0 | 178.9 ± 7.7 | 178.4 ± 7.7 |
| Weight (kg) | 73.4 ± 18.5 | 79.1 ± 21.0 | 91.6 ± 20.2 | 94.4 ± 21.8 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 27.3 ± 6.7 | 29.5 ± 7.6 | 28.6 ± 5.7 | 29.6 ± 6.2 |
| BMI categories (%) | ||||
| Underweight | 231 (2.6) | 191 (2.1) | 51 (0.7) | 48 (0.6) |
| Normal weight | 3741 (42.0) | 2742 (30.8) | 2035 (26.5) | 1738 (22.7) |
| Overweight | 2387 (26.8) | 2306 (25.9) | 3032 (39.5) | 2762 (36.0) |
| Type I obesity | 1428 (16.0) | 1718 (19.3) | 1628 (21.2) | 1814 (23.6) |
| Type II/III obesity | 1118 (12.6) | 1948 (21.9) | 925 (12.1) | 1309 (17.1) |
| Age (years) | 49.0 ± 17.4 | 49.3 ± 17.4 | 51.9 ± 17.4 | 52.2 ± 17.4 |
| Race (%) | ||||
| White | 7764 (87.2) | 6613 (86.2) | ||
| Other | 497 (5.6) | 415 (5.4) | ||
| Ethnicity (%) | ||||
| Hispanic | 1300 (14.6) | 902 (11.8) | ||
| Non-Hispanic | 5848 (65.7) | 5186 (67.6) | ||
| Education (%) | ||||
| Less than high school | 590 (6.6) | 407 (5.3) | ||
| High school | 1798 (20.2) | 1301 (17.0) | ||
| Some college | 1954 (21.9) | 1455 (19.0) | ||
| College graduate | 961 (10.8) | 883 (11.5) | ||
| Graduate/professional degree | 714 (8.0) | 1120 (14.6) | ||
Note. Mean values and standard deviations are reported for continuous variables: height, weight, BMI and age. For categorical variables – categorical BMI, race and education – number of individuals in each category is reported and corresponding percentage is presented in parentheses