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. 2021 Nov 9;11(11):e049157. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049157

Table 2.

Comparison of participants’ demographics between BMI categories

Parameters BMI categories
Underweight
n=2684
Normal weight
n=17 667
Overweight and obese
n=4340
Age at examination (years old) 80.8±4.8 (75–103)*† 79.4±4.2 (75–103)‡ 78.9±4.0 (75–99)
Age categories, n (%)
 75–79/80–84/85 1291 (48.1)/828 (30.8)/
565 (21.1)*†
10 775 (60.9)/4691 (26.6)/
2201 (12.5)‡
2866 (66.1)/1035 (23.8)/
439(10.1)
Sex; males/females, n (%) 910 (33.9)/1774 (66.1)*† 7980 (45.2)/9687 (54.8) 1963 (45.2)/2377 (54.8)
BMI (kg/m2) 17.2±1.0 (11.6–18.4)*† 21.8±1.7 (18.5–24.9)‡ 26.9±1.9 (25–54.2)
CCI 1.6±1.6 (0–10)† 1.7±1.7 (0–11)‡ 1.9±1.8 (0–10)
CCI categories, n (%)
Low (=0)/medium (=1–2)/
High (=3–4)/very high (≥5)
481 (17.9)/1426 (53.1)/
574 (21.4)/203 (7.6)†
3425 (19.4)/9.349 (52.9)/
3759 (21.3)/1134 (6.4)‡
804 (18.5)/2207 (50.9)/
998 (23.0)/331 (7.6)
Smoking (yes), n (%) 266 (9.9)*† 1346 (7.6)‡ 279 (6.4)
Use of alcohol (yes), n (%) 786 (29.3)*† 6939 (39.3) 1719 (39.6)
Osteoporosis, n (%) 537 (20)*† 2806 (15.9) 626 (14.4)
Follow-up duration (year) 6.4±2.0 (0.1–8.0) *† 6.9±1.5 (0.1–8.0)‡ 7.1±1.3 (0.1–8.0)

Continuous values are expressed as mean±SD (range).

*P <0.05 for significantly different between underweight and normal weight.

†P <0.05 for significantly different between underweight and overweight and obese.

‡P <0.05 for significantly different between normal weight and overweight and obese.

BMI, body mass index; CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index.