Table 1.

The characteristics of the study participants (n=409)

	Male	Female	P value
Sex (number (%))	205 (50.12)	204 (49.88)	1
Age (years)	64.27±6.91	62.79±5.94	0.02
Baseline BMI (kg/m2)	27.12±3.54	27.12±4.74	0.99
2.6-year BMI (kg/m2)	27.18±3.64	28.59±16.99	0.25
5-year BMI (kg/m2)	27.44±3.70	28.96±17.29	0.22
10-year BMI (kg/m2)	27.57±4.10	27.64±5.44	0.87

Values are mean ± SD for continuous variables and percentage for sex. P values were obtained from chi-squared test for sex distribution and Student’s t test for continuous variables. BMI body mass index