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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and Morbidities of study participants across BMI categories

From: Weight underestimation for adults in Beijing and its association with chronic disease awareness and weight management

Characteristics

 

BMI

P

Total

(n = 19,932)

Underweight

(n = 459)

Normal weight

(n = 7392)

Overweight/obese

(n = 12,081)

Age(year), mean(SD)

44.3(13.27)

34.5(14.49)

41.3(13.48)

46.5(12.56)

< 0.001

Gender, n(%)

    

< 0.001

 Male

9033 (45.3)

129(28.1)

2645(35.8)

6259(51.8)

 

 Female

10,899 (54.7)

330(71.9)

4747(64.2)

5822(48.2)

 

Region, n(%)a

    

0.695

 Urban

14,337 (72.1)

325(71.1)

5296(71.8)

8716(72.3)

 

 Rural

5560 (27.9)

132(28.9)

2082(28.2)

3346(27.7)

 

Educationa, n(%)

    

< 0.001

 Middle school or less

6797 (34.1)

106(23.1)

2068(28.0)

4623(38.3)

 

 High school

6073 (30.5)

117(25.5)

2206(29.9)

3750(31.1)

 

 Some college or more

7048 (35.4)

236(51.4)

3113(42.1)

3699(30.6)

 

Income(RMB per month)a, n(%)

    

< 0.001

 < 1000

1398(7.4)

20(4.7)

350(5.0)

1028(9.0)

 

 1000~ 4999

16,651 (88.6)

399(92.8)

6369(91.2)

9883(86.8)

 

 ≥ 5000

755 (4.0)

11(2.6)

267(3.8)

477(4.2)

 

Hypertension, n(%)

    

< 0.001

 No

12,446(62.4)

421(91.7)

5868(79.4)

6157(51.0)

 

 Yes

7486(37.6)

38(8.3)

1524(20.6)

5924(49.0)

 

Diabetes, n(%)

    

< 0.001

 No

17,903(89.8)

444(96.7)

6979(94.4)

10,480(86.7)

 

 Yes

2029(10.2)

15(3.3)

413(5.6)

1601(13.3)

 

Dyslipidemia, n(%)

    

< 0.001

 No

9699(48.7)

375(81.7)

4835(65.4)

4489(37.2)

 

 Yes

10,233(51.3)

84(18.3)

2557(34.6)

7592(62.8)

 
  1. P < 0.05 indicate that there were differences in the overall distribution of the three groups
  2. aThere were some missing values in these variables