TABLE 1.
Characteristics of the study participants in total and stratified by obesity level and central obesity
| Characteristic | Category | Total (n=22 743) | Obesity | ||
| Mild# (n=3454) | Morbid¶ (n=128) | Central+ (n=9327) | |||
| Gender | Men | 43.8 | 47.8 | 27.3 | 34.5 |
| Women | 56.2 | 52.2 | 72.7 | 65.5 | |
| Age§ years | <55 | 28.1 | 27.2 | 34.3 | 22.9 |
| 55–64 | 31.8 | 32.6 | 32.8 | 32.3 | |
| ≥65 | 40.1 | 40.4 | 32.8 | 44.8 | |
| Smoking status | Never | 44.7 | 40.2 | 35.8 | 38.9 |
| Former | 47.4 | 51.9 | 56.9 | 52.3 | |
| Current | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 8.8 | |
| Leisure time physical activity | Low | 6.0 | 12.3 | 21.1 | 9.0 |
| Medium | 75.9 | 78.0 | 76.4 | 80.9 | |
| High | 18.1 | 9.6 | 2.4 | 10.1 | |
| Education | Primary and elementary school | 27.4 | 34.0 | 28.0 | 32.5 |
| Secondary high school | 25.6 | 30.1 | 28.8 | 26.8 | |
| University | 47.0 | 35.9 | 43.2 | 40.8 | |
Data are presented as %. #: body mass index (BMI) 30–39 kg·m−2; ¶: BMI ≥40 kg·m−2; +: waist circumference (WC) ≥88 cm for women and ≥102 cm for men; §: mean age: 60 years.