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. 2021 May 4;54(1):199–207. doi: 10.4143/crt.2021.130

Table 1.

The lowest quartile range of yearly income of those under National Health Insurance Service and the income of those under Medical Aid which is for the recipients of National Basic Livelihood Security Program

Ever-obesitya) Times of obesity diagnosis during the continuous 5 years


No (n=1,613,198) Yes (n=1,143,819) p-value 1 (n=175,721) 2 (n=124,172) 3 (n=120,688) 4 (n=153,739) 5 (n=569,499) p-value
Age (yr) 41.9±10.6 43.5±10.2 < 0.001 43.0±10.6 43.1±10.4 43.2±10.4 43.6±10.3 43.9±9.9 < 0.001

 20–39 755,323 (46.8) 469,483 (41.1) < 0.001 75,922 (43.2) 53,313 (42.9) 51,382 (42.6) 63,270 (41.2) 225,596 (39.6) < 0.001

 40–64 767,454 (47.6) 598,233 (52.3) 88,039 (50.1) 62,709 (50.5) 61,365 (50.9) 79,632 (51.8) 306,488 (53.8)

 ≥ 65 90,421 (5.6) 76,103 (6.7) 11,760 (6.7) 8,150 (6.6) 7,941 (6.6) 10,837 (7.1) 37,415 (6.6)

Male sex 1,086,886 (67.4) 953,807 (83.4) < 0.001 136,107 (77.5) 100,415 (80.9) 98,996 (82.0) 127,951 (83.2) 490,338 (86.1) < 0.001

BMI (kg/m 2 ) 21.8±1.9 26.6±2.3 < 0.001 24.4±1.3 25.0±1.1 25.4±1.2 26.0±1.4 28.0±2.1 < 0.001

 < 18.5 95,080 (5.9) 397 (0.03) < 0.001 270 (0.2) 35 (0.03) 29 (0.02) 63 (0.04) 0 < 0.001

 18.5–23 1,036,096 (64.2) 2,604 (2.3) 17,672 (10.1) 4,418 (3.6) 2,278 (1.9) 1,679 (1.1) 0

 23–25 482,022 (29.9) 223,972 (19.6) 101,395 (57.7) 55,997 (45.1) 38,327 (31.8) 28,253 (18.4) 0

 25–30 0 803,186 (70.2) 56,005 (31.9) 63,553 (51.2) 79,697 (66.0) 121,830 (79.2) 482,101 (84.7)

 ≥ 30 0 90,217 (7.9) 379 (0.2) 169 (0.1) 357 (0.3) 1,914 (1.2) 87,398 (15.4)

WC (cm) 76.2±7.0 87.0±7.0 < 0.001 82.2±5.8 83.6±5.5 84.5±5.5 85.9±5.6 90.1±6.6 < 0.001

Rural residence 909,449 (56.4) 659,387 (57.7) < 0.001 100,973 (57.5) 71,635 (57.7) 69,720 (57.8) 88,019 (57.3) 329,040 (57.8) < 0.001

Low income b) 296,126 (18.4) 223,388 (19.5) < 0.001 34,209 (19.5) 24,365 (19.6) 23,637 (19.6) 30,995 (20.2) 11,082 (19.4) < 0.001

Smoking

 Never 813,106 (50.4) 442,672 (38.7) < 0.001 76,087 (43.3) 50,534 (40.7) 48,098 (39.9) 59,883 (39.0) 208,070 (36.5) < 0.001

 Former 283,182 (17.6) 274,738 (24.0) 39,605 (22.5) 29,665 (23.9) 28,937 (24.0) 37,449 (24.4) 139,082 (24.4)

 Current 516,910 (32.0) 426,409 (37.3) 60,029 (34.2) 43,973 (35.4) 43,653 (36.2) 56,407 (36.7) 222,347 (39.0)

Alcohol

 None 661,031 (41.0) 393,159 (34.4) < 0.001 65,135 (37.1) 44,013 (35.5) 42,077 (34.9) 53,599 (34.9) 188,335 (33.1) < 0.001

 Mildc 849,087 (52.6) 638,080 (55.8) 95,969 (54.6) 69,520 (56.0) 65,525 (56.0) 85,777 (55.8) 319,287 (56.1)

 Heavyd) 103,080 (6.4) 112,580 (9.8) 14,617 (8.3) 10,639 (8.6) 11,084 (9.2) 14,363 (9.3) 61,877 (10.9)

Regular exercise 971,031 (60.2) 758,148 (66.3) < 0.001 112,436 (64.0) 81,303 (65.5) 79,368 (65.8) 102,096 (66.4) 382,945 (67.2) < 0.001

Diabetes 68,504 (4.3) 106,608 (9.3) < 0.001 11,374 (6.5) 8,832 (7.1) 9,300 (7.7) 13,362 (8.7) 63,740 (11.2) < 0.001

Hypertension 211,457 (13.1) 319,950 (28.0) < 0.001 35,072 (20.0) 26,835 (21.6) 28,249 (23.4) 39,769 (25.9) 190,025 (33.4) < 0.001

Dyslipidemia 174,977 (10.9) 241,345 (21.1) < 0.001 29,456 (16.8) 22,228 (17.9) 22,578 (18.7) 31,285 (20.4) 135,798 (23.9) < 0.001

Follow-up duration, median (Q1–Q3) 6.76 (5.33–7.35) 6.82 (5.4–7.39) < 0.001 6.77 (5.37–7.37) 6.74 (5.35–7.35) 6.74 (5.36–7.35) 6.75 (5.35–7.35) 6.76 (5.30–7.35) < 0.001

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation or numbers (percentage excluding missing data). Data were from the final health check-up of each individual. BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference.

a)

Diagnosis of obesity at least once during the five continuous annual health check-ups,

b)

The lowest quartile range of yearly income of those under National Health Insurance Service and the income of those under Medical Aid which is for the recipients of National Basic Livelihood Security Program,

c)

Alcohol consumption < 30 g/day,

d)

Alcohol consumption ≥ 30 g/day.