Table 1.

Demographic data of study subjects.

	Obese	Controls
Participants (n)	37	36
Sex (m/f)	17/20	16/20
Mean age (y)	46.0 (43.2–48.8)	45.4 (42.0–48.8)
Interval to last booster (y)	8.5 (6.7–10.4)	8.0 (5.9–10.1)
Previous TBE boosters (n)	2.6 (1.8–3.4)	2.5 (1.8–3.2)
Weight (kg)****	119.1 (112.6–125.5)	68.1 (64.9–71.2)
BMI****	38.9 (37.2–40.6)	22.1 (21.4–22.8)
Waist-to-hip ratio****	0.94 (0.91–0.98)	0.83 (0.81–0.86)

Values are given as arithmetic means with 95% CI. Abbreviations: y, year; f, female; m, male; kg, kilogram; BMI, body mass index. Analysis of variance with linear contrasts.

^****p ≤ 0.0001.