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. 2019 Jan 10;8(1):72. doi: 10.3390/jcm8010072

Table 1.

General characteristics of participants by waist circumference.

Waist Circumference Group
1 2 3 4 5 6
N 8,672,967 5,362,342 4,538,812 2,714,222 1,253,456 722,079
Men (yes,%) 3,450,338(39.78) 3,079,604(57.43) 2,648,218(58.35) 1,604,864(59.13) 679,425(54.2) 351,401(48.67)
Age (year) 42.69 ± 13.76 48.24 ± 13.42 50.91 ± 13.44 52.43 ± 13.67 53.33 ± 14.18 52.5 ± 15.11
Age group (yes,%)
  20–40 3,596,630(41.47) 1,384,164(25.81) 915,952(20.18) 492,555(18.15) 225,771(18.01) 158,788(21.99)
  40–64 4,399,758(50.73) 3,297,574(61.5) 2,842,275(62.62) 1,651,324(60.84) 720,342(57.47) 381,554(52.84)
  65–85 676,579(7.8) 680,604(12.69) 780,585(17.2) 570,343(21.01) 307,343(24.52) 181,737(25.17)
Body mass index (kg/m2) 21.05 ± 2.04 23.51 ± 1.89 24.99 ± 2.01 26.47 ± 2.16 28.04 ± 2.37 30.68 ± 3.21
  <18.5 901,949(10.4) 24,771(0.46) 6702(0.15) 2197(0.08) 638(0.05) 287(0.04)
  18.5–23 6,323,446(72.91) 2,090,324(38.98) 678,158(14.94) 125,309(4.62) 20,215(1.61) 5471(0.76)
  23–25 1,213,690(13.99) 2,156,699(40.22) 1,637,121(36.07) 516,685(19.04) 90,541(7.22) 14,870(2.06)
  25–30 230,364(2.66) 1,080,974(20.16) 2,167,188(47.75) 1,925,391(70.94) 897,990(71.64) 288,858(40)
  ≥30 3518(0.04) 9574(0.18) 49,643(1.09) 144,640(5.33) 244,072(19.47) 412,593(57.14)
Smoking (yes,%)  
  Non 5,964,846(68.78) 3,106,503(57.93) 2,592,749(57.12) 1,531,141(56.41) 741,549(59.16) 446,954(61.9)
  Former 786,403(9.07) 812,076(15.14) 765,533(16.87) 481,828(17.75) 205,172(16.37) 100,249(13.88)
  Current 1,921,718(22.16) 1,443,763(26.92) 1,180,530(26.01) 701,253(25.84) 306,735(24.47) 174,876(24.22)
Alcohol drinking (yes,%)  
  Non 4,784,499(55.17) 2,741,740(51.13) 2,368,663(52.19) 1,433,874(52.83) 700,834(55.91) 425,314(58.9)
  Moderate 3,422,946(39.47) 2,178,086(40.62) 1,756,031(38.69) 1,006,673(37.09) 426,554(34.03) 225,813(31.27)
  Heavy 465,522(5.37) 442,516(8.25) 414,118(9.12) 273,675(10.08) 126,068(10.06) 70,952(9.83)
  Regular exercise (yes,%) 1,405,021(16.2) 1,027,051(19.15) 864,575(19.05) 498,760(18.38) 216,517(17.27) 112,544(15.59)
  Income (Q1) (yes,%) 1,931,941(22.28) 1,090,911(20.34) 911,431(20.08) 551,669(20.33) 265,490(21.18) 163,770(22.68)
  Urban living (yes,%) 4,058,601(46.82) 2,471,135(46.11) 2,065,373(45.53) 1,211,852(44.68) 549,845(43.91) 31,2001(43.27)
  Death (yes,%) 149,733(1.73) 111,307(2.08) 106,771(2.35) 72,606(2.68) 37,763(3.01) 24,276(3.36)