Table 1 Socio-demographic and other selected characteristics, n (%), by BMI category and gender
Males (n = 4,260) | Females (n = 4,171) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal weight | Overweight | Obese | Normal weight | Overweight | Obese | |
All ages | 1,745 (41.0) | 1,831 (43.0) | 684 (16.1) | 2,397 (57.5) | 1,217 (29.2) | 557 (13.4) |
No chronic disease | 1,272 (73.7) | 1,248 (69.4) | 446 (66.3) | 1,650 (69.7) | 777 (64.7) | 305 (55.6) |
1 chronic disease | 335 (19.4) | 403 (22.4) | 151 (22.5) | 503 (21.2) | 268 (22.3) | 148 (27.0) |
2+ chronic diseases | 119 (6.9) | 147 (8.2) | 76 (11.2) | 215 (9.1) | 156 (13.0) | 96 (17.4) |
Age (years) | ||||||
18–24 | 438 (25.1) | 136 (7.4) | 25 (3.7) | 443 (18.5) | 78 (6.4) | 45 (8.1) |
25–34 | 464 (26.6) | 364 (19.9) | 129 (18.8) | 577 (24.1) | 237 (19.5) | 90 (16.2) |
35–44 | 269 (15.4) | 408 (22.3) | 167 (24.4) | 458 (19.1) | 218 (18.0) | 116 (20.8) |
45–54 | 207 (11.9) | 365 (19.9) | 149 (21.7) | 348 (14.5) | 221 (18.1) | 135 (24.2) |
55–64 | 159 (9.1) | 297 (16.2) | 123 (18.0) | 223 (9.3) | 213 (17.5) | 91 (16.4) |
65+ | 207 (11.9) | 262 (14.3) | 92 (13.4) | 348 (14.5) | 249 (20.5) | 80 (14.3) |
Education level | ||||||
Primary | 254 (14.6) | 393 (21.4) | 169 (24.7) | 346 (14.4) | 290 (23.8) | 134 (24.1) |
Secondary | 847 (48.5) | 769 (42.0) | 328 (48.0) | 1018 (42.5) | 545 (44.8) | 248 (44.5) |
Third level | 644 (36.9) | 669 (36.5) | 187 (27.3) | 1034 (43.1) | 382 (31.4) | 175 (31.4) |
Social class* | ||||||
Social class 1 | 556 (31.9) | 723 (39.5) | 206 (30.1) | 835 (34.8) | 357 (29.3) | 153 (27.4) |
Social class 2 | 218 (12.5) | 248 (13.5) | 95 (13.8) | 387 (16.1) | 203 (16.7) | 94 (16.9) |
Social class 3 | 283 (16.2) | 340 (18.6) | 130 (18.9) | 290 (12.1) | 159 (13.1) | 61 (11.0) |
Social class 4 | 595 (34.1) | 478 (26.1) | 221 (32.3) | 647 (27.0) | 352 (28.9) | 185 (33.2) |
Social class 5 | 92 (5.3) | 42 (2.3) | 33 (4.8) | 238 (9.9) | 146 (12.0) | 64 (11.5) |
Employment | ||||||
Employed | 1,201 (68.8) | 1,351 (73.8) | 496 (72.5) | 1,250 (52.1) | 594 (48.8) | 256 (46.0) |
Unemployed | 544 (31.2) | 480 (26.2) | 188 (27.5) | 1,147 (47.9) | 623 (51.2) | 301 (54.0) |
Smoking status | ||||||
Current | 632 (36.2) | 443 (24.2) | 180 (26.3) | 634 (26.4) | 306 (25.2) | 138 (24.8) |
Former/never | 1,113 (63.8) | 1,388 (75.8) | 504 (73.7) | 1,764 (73.6) | 911 (74.8) | 419 (75.2) |
Alcohol intake | ||||||
Never | 246 (14.1) | 256 (14.0) | 123 (18.0) | 494 (20.6) | 316 (26.0) | 138 (24.8) |
Moderate | 685 (39.2) | 703 (38.4) | 277 (40.4) | 1,119 (46.7) | 544 (44.7) | 300 (53.9) |
Frequent | 815 (46.7) | 872 (47.6) | 285 (41.6) | 784 (32.7) | 357 (29.4) | 119 (21.3) |