Table 1.

Study characteristics by overweight/obesity status in 187 Latin American cities. SALURBAL Study

	Overall sample	Overweight/obesity
		(BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2)
		Yes	No	p-value*
	(n = 79,422)	(n = 49,085)	(n = 30,337)
Gender, %
Women	58.0	60.4	39.6	< 0.01
Men	42.0	63.8	36.2
Age, mean (SD)	42.8 (16.9)	44.9 (15.9)	39.3 (17.8)	< 0.01
Individual education, %
University	13.4	12.4	15.0	< 0.01
Secondary	34.2	31.0	37.9
Primary	35.2	37.0	32.3
Less than primary	17.2	18.6	14.8
Sub-city living conditions, mean (SE)	0.72 (1.96)	0.59 (2.00)	0.91 (1.87)	< 0.01
City labor women’s empowerment, mean (SD)	0.65 (3.03)	0.34 (3.09)	1.15 (2.85)	< 0.01
City Gini coefficient, mean (SD)	0.49 (0.10)	0.49 (0.10)	0.50 (0.10)	< 0.01
City GDP per-capita (USD, thousands), mean (SD)	18.2 (13.6)	18.7 (14.6)	17.5 (11.8)	< 0.01
City population size (millions), mean (SD)	3.7 (5.6)	3.7 (5.7)	3.7 (5.6)	0.93

SD, standard deviation; GDP, gross domestic product. Sub-city living conditions range from − 9.92 to 3.90 with higher scores corresponding to better conditions; labor women’s empowerment ranges from − 8.20 to 6.28 with higher scores corresponding to higher labor women’s empowerment; Gini coefficient ranges from 0.29 to 0.68 with higher scores corresponding to higher income inequality. *p-values test the null hypothesis that there is no difference in the proportion (χ²) or mean (t-test) of the characteristic between individuals with and without overweight/obesity