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. 2022 Aug 2;15(5):655–665. doi: 10.1159/000525792

Table 1.

Mean values for weight, height, and BMI for 10,810 European subjects aged 18 years or more and percent prevalence according to levels of BMI and corresponding 95% CI, overall and by sexa − The TackSHS survey, 2017–2018

Characteristics Total Sex
men women
Subjectsb, n 10,810 5,163 5,647
Height, mean ± SD, cm 170.4±9.3 176.7±7.4* 164.6±6.7*
Weight, mean ± SD, kg 73.7±15.1 80.3±13.5* 67.5±13.8*
BMI, mean ± SD, kg/m2 25.3±4.9 25.7±4.5* 25.0±5.2*
BMI, % (95% CI)
Underweight (BMI <18.5) 2.9 (2.6–3.2) 1.4 (1.1–1.7) 4.4 (3.8–4.9)
Normal weight (18.5 ≤ BMI <25.0) 49.0 (48.0–49.9) 44.5 (43.2–45.8) 53.1 (51.8–54.4)
Overweight (25.0 ≤ BMI <30.0) 35.6 (34.7–36.5) 42.8 (41.5–44.2) 28.8 (27.6–29.9)
Obesity (BMI ≥30.0) 12.6 (12.0–13.2) 11.3 (10.5–12.2) 13.8 (12.9–14.7)
I class (30.0 ≤ BMI <35.0) 9.5 (9.0–10.1) 9.0 (8.2–9.8) 10.0 (9.2–10.8)
II class (35.0 ≤ BMI <40.0) 2.2 (2.0–2.5) 1.8 (1.4–2.1) 2.7 (2.2–3.1)
III class (BMI ≥40.0) 0.8 (0.7–1.0) 0.5 (0.3–0.7) 1.1 (0.9–1.4)

CI, confidence interval; SD, standard deviation. *Comparison between sexes: p < 0.001. a Country weights were used, combining individual weights with an additional weighting factor, with each country contributing in proportion to its population aged 15 years or over (from Eurostat) [19]. b Raw numbers.