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. 2020 Jul 22;15(7):e0236451. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236451

Table 2. General characteristics and lifestyle habits according to nutritional status and metabolic health.

  Normal weight Overweight Obesity
  Healthy Unhealthy Healthy Unhealthy Healthy Unhealthy
Age (years) 31.6 [29.8–33.3] (1,860,636) 43.2 [37.7–48.7] (164,756)C 35.3 [33.4–37.1] (1,528,260) 44.9 [42.5–47.4] (1,494,628)C 35.9 [32.0–39.8] (464,901) 43.5 [41.8–45.1] (1,956,366)B
Sex            
Female (%) 47.9 [40.1–55.8] (890,895) 34.5 [19.0–54.1] (56,760) 54.1 [45.8–62.2] (826,246) 29.2 [22.9–36.5] (436,942)C 54.0 [38.2–69.0] (251,022) 52.1 [44.4–59.7] (1,019,726)
Male (%) 52.1 [44.2–59.9] (969,741) 65.5 [45.9–81.0] (107,996) 45.9 [37.8–54.2] (702,014) 70.8 [63.5–77.1] (1,057,685)C 46.0 [31.0–61.8] (213,878) 47.9 [40.3–55.6] (936,639)
Height (m) 1.64 [1.62–1.66] (1,860,636) 1.65 [1.62–1.69] 1.63 [1.61–1.64] (1,528,260) 1.66 [1.65–1.68] (1,494,628)B 1.63 [1.60–1.65] (464,901) 1.61 [1.60–1.63] (1,956,366)
Weight (kg) 60.6 [59.2–62.1] (1,860,636) 64.5 [61.5–67.4] (164,756)A 71.9 [70.4–73.4] (1,528,260) 77.4 [75.9–78.9] (1,494,628)C 87.4 [84.4–90.3] (464,901) 90.3 [88.4–92.3] (1,956,366)
Body mass index (kg/m2) 22.3 [22.0–22.6] (1,860,636) 23.3 [22.9–23.8] (164,756)C 26.9 [26.7–27.1] (1,528,260) 27.7 [27.4–28.0] (1,494,628)C 32.7 [32.0–33.5] (464,901) 34.5 [33.9–35.1] (1,956,366)C
Education            
<8 years (%) 6.9 [3.6–13.0] (128,453) 10.6 [4.0–25.1] (17,464)A 3.2 [1.7–5.9] (48,893) 12.6 [7.5–20.3] (186,956)B 6.2 [2.7–13.5] (28,734) 13.1 [9.0–18.6] (255,088)C
8–12 years (%) 46.1 [37.5–54.9] (854,998) 73.2 [49.0–88.6] (120,632)A 58.5 [49.1–67.3] (888,761) 66.8 [55.8–76.2] (993,219)B 40.6 [28.1–54.5] (188,693) 65.3 [57.7–72.2] (1,270,218)C
>12 years (%) 47.0 [38.2–55.9] (871,287) 16.2 [4.4–44.9] (26,659)A 38.3 [29.6–47.8] (582,134) 20.6 [12.5–32.1] (306,495)B 53.2 [39.2–66.7] (247,127) 21.6 [16.0–28.4] (419,384)C
Smoking            
Current (%) 36.8 [29.0–45.4] (685,160) 35.5 [17.6–58.7] (58,487) 37.9 [30.0–46.5] (579,265) 47.2 [37.3–57.3] (705,491) 35.6 [22.0–52.0] (165,480) 33.6 [27.1–40.9] (657,942)
Former (%) 16.4 [11.2–23.2] (304,582) 20.8 [7.7–45.2] (34,320) 23.9 [17.5–31.8] (365,604) 23.9 [17.1–32.5] (357,870) 36.5 [22.5–53.3] (169,733) 20.6 [15.7–26.5] (402,584)
Never (%) 46.8 [38.8–55.0] (870,893) 43.7 [23.2–66.6] (71,948) 38.2 [30.1–46.9] (583,390) 28.9 [21.6–37.4] (431,266) 27.9 [16.9–42.4] (129,686) 45.8 [38.5–53.3] (895,838)
Alcohol intake            
AUDIT-C score >2 (%) 43.2 [34.3–52.6] (804,537) 20.6 [9.3–39.5] (33,882) 31.6 [24.2–40.0] (482,509) 43.6 [35.0–52.6] (651,141) 36.1 [23.9–50.5] (166,224) 34.2 [27.1–42.0] (668,417)
AUDIT-C score 2 (%) 13.0 [8.8–18.7] (241,522) 17.5 [5.9–41.8] (28,815) 19.4 [11.7–30.5] (296,726) 16.3 [10.5–24.6] (244,030) 17.9 [8.4–34.1] (82,285) 14.5 [10.0–20.4] (282,972)
AUDIT-C score 0 to 1 (%) 43.8 [35.6–52.3] (814,577) 61.9 [39.7–80.1] (102,058) 49.0 [39.3–58.8] (749,024) 40.1 [32.1–48.7] (599,456) 46.0 [31.0–61.7] (211,727) 51.4 [43.9–58.8] (1,004,975)
Sedentary behavior            
>300 min/d (%) 24.0 [17.4–32.3] (445,451) 16.8 [4.7–45.3] (27,521) 15.2 [9.7–23.2] (232,346) 20.0 [12.2–31.0] (296,054) 22.5 [11.8–38.5] (104,432) 20.1 [14.7–26.9] (392,287)
>150 to 300 min/d (%) 32.6 [24.9–41.3] (603,923) 28.3 [12.2–52.9] (46,562) 39.2 [30.8–48.3] (597,404) 29.8 [20.6–40.9] (441,024) 18.3 [9.8–31.6] (85,007) 24.4 [18.4–31.6] (476,388)
>60 to 150 min/d (%) 17.5 [11.9–24.9] (324,199) 25.7 [11.6–47.6] (42,235) 17.1 [11.7–24.2] (259,879) 18.3 [13.0–25.1] (271,013) 34.3 [21.0–50.8] (159,551) 22.5 [16.8–29.3] (437,901)
0 to 60 min/d (%) 26.0 [19.3–33.9] (481,497) 29.2 [14.3–50.4] (47,977) 28.5 [21.9–36.1] (434,353) 31.9 [24.4–40.6] (472,989) 24.9 [15.2–38.1] (115,635) 33.0 [26.1–40.6] (642,573)
Moderate-vigorous physical activity            
0 to 480 MET×min/wk (%) 20.6 [15.2–27.3] (359,690) 19.5 [7.4–42.5] (31,241) 24.6 [17.1–34.4] (356,603) 23.6 [17.2–31.6] (335,932) 15.7 [8.0–28.6] (71,574) 31.8 [24.9–39.7] (591,773)
>480 to 2,161 MET×min/wk (%) 23.5 [17.1–31.3] (410,060) 23.4 [8.5–50.2] (37,547) 24.7 [17.4–33.8] (358,550) 23.7 [15.4–34.6] (336,681) 36.1 [21.4–54.1] (164,748) 22.7 [16.9–29.7] (422,190)
>2,161 to 8,640 MET×min/wk (%) 30.6 [22.7–39.7] (533,952) 20.5 [6.8–47.4] (32,791) 25.8 [17.7–36.1] (374,392) 24.4 [17.2–33.5] (347,040) 22.5 [12.6–37.0] (102,773) 27.2 [20.6–35.0] (505,551)
>8,640 MET×min/wk (%) 25.4 [18.7–33.5] (443,579) 36.6 [18.3–59.7] (58,589) 24.8 [17.9–33.3] (359,534) 28.3 [19.7–38.9] (402,751) 25.7 [14.8–40.8] (117,079) 18.3 [13.3–24.6] (339,878)
Fruits/vegetables consumptionD            
0 to 1.4 portions/d (%) 28.6 [21.9–36.4] (524,840) 38.9 [18.9–63.5] (64,061) 29.1 [21.5–38.2] (431,131) 30.5 [22.6–39.9] (456,424) 23.3 [13.8–36.5] (106,779) 23.6 [18.3–29.8] (457,468)
>1.4 to 2.1 portions/d (%) 21.7 [15.5–29.4] (397,698) 19.2 [7.8–40.2] (31,630) 22.9 [15.6–32.5] (339,146) 21.9 [15.0–30.8] (326,988) 22.2 [11.8–37.8] (101,864) 30.0 [23.7–37.1] (581,646)
>2.1 to 4.0 portions/d (%) 28.9 [22.3–36.6] (530,869) 39.5 [20.4–62.4] (65,086) 29.1 [21.9–37.4] (430,021) 27.2 [19.8–36.1] (406,823) 34.2 [22.1–48.8] (157,038) 30.2 [23.5–37.9] (586,491)
>4.0 portions/d (%) 20.8 [14.3–29.3] (382,047) 2.4 [0.7–7.5] (3,977) 18.8 [12.9–26.7] (278,759) 20.4 [13.1–30.3] (304,391) 20.4 [9.4–38.6] (93,479) 16.3 [11.1–23.2] (315,458)
Fish/seafood consumption            
<1 time/month (%) 33.1 [25.6–41.7] (616,161) 45.2 [24.1–68.1] (74,395) 39.2 [29.9–49.2] (598,383) 29.3 [21.5–38.4] (437,248) 37.6 [23.8–53.9] (174,997) 25.6 [19.7–32.6] (500,671)
1 to <3 times/month (%) 19.2 [13.9–26.0] (357,049) 9.6 [3.8–22.4] (15,839) 18.2 [13.0–24.9] (278,214) 24.2 [16.4–34.2] (361,533) 29.3 [17.4–44.9] (136,059) 24.5 [18.4–31.9] (479,605)
4 times/month (%) 34.3 [26.2–43.5] (637,910) 35.5 [17.7–58.6] (58,506) 32.8 [24.7–42.1] (501,857) 38.1 [28.8–48.4] (569,525) 25.0 [13.2–42.1] (116,012) 38.9 [31.9–46.4] (760,905)
>4 times/month (%) 13.4 [8.5–20.6] (249,515) 9.7 [2.8–28.4] (16,015) 9.8 [5.8–16.2] (149,805) 8.5 [4.6–15.2] (126,321) 8.1 [3.2–19.1] (37,832) 11.0 [7.5–15.8] (215,184)

Data for continuous variables are mean [95% confidence interval] (n applying sampling weights), and for categorical variables are percentage [95% confidence interval] (n applying sampling weights).

AP < 0.05

BP < 0.01

CP < 0.001 vs. Healthy in the same nutritional status category.

DPortions of 80 g.