Table 2:

Unadjusted Relationship between Body Mass Index, Urban/Rural Status & Self-Reported Health

	Region	All Persons	Underweight	Normal	Overweight	Obese	p-valueb
Physical	All Regions	43.0±0.11	37.0±0.82	44.7±0.18	44.6±0.16	39.5±0.20	<0.001
Component	Urban	43.4±0.12	37.4±0.92	45.0±0.19	44.9±0.18	39.8±0.22	<0.001
Score	Rural	41.7±0.28	35.2±1.70	43.4±0.52	43.3±0.38	38.4±0.41	<0.001
	p-valuea	<0.001	0.26	0.007	<0.001	0.002
Mental	All Regions	52.1±0.09	48.4±0.64	52.0±0.14	52.7±0.13	51.6±0.16	<0.001
Component	Urban	52.1±0.10	48.0±0.74	52.1±0.15	52.7±0.15	51.7±0.18	<0.001
Score	Rural	51.9±0.20	50.1±1.07	51.7±0.38	52.7±0.25	51.2±0.38	<0.001
	p-value	0.33	0.10	0.37	0.98	0.24

Values are means ± standard errors (weighted)

BMI – body mass index

BMI Categories: Underweight: BMI≤18.5kg/m²; Normal BMI: 18.5–24.9kg/m²; overweight: 25.0–29.9kg/m²; obese: ≥30kg/m².

^ap-value represents a t-test between geographic areas.

^bp-value presents a one-way analysis of variance between four BMI categories