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Table 1 Sample characteristics for the South Yorkshire Cohort (N = 26113)

From: Deprivation, clubs and drugs: results of a UK regional population-based cross-sectional study of weight management strategies

  

Gender

Age (y)

Deprivation

 

Overall

Male (n = 11460)

Female (n = 14653)

16-35 (n = 4344)

36-55 (n = 7962)

56-75 (n = 11212)

76+ (n = 2595)

Least deprived (n = 3795)

Low deprivation (n = 6612)

Average (n = 4348)

High deprivation (n = 4823)

Most deprived (n = 6535)

Height (cm)

169.0 (10.0)

176.7 (7.5)

162.9 (7.1)

170.1 (10.2)

170.0 (9.9)

168.4 (9.9)

166.4 (9.9)

170.1 (10.0)

169.4 (9.9)

169.2 (9.9)

168.5 (10.0)

168.0 (10.2)

Weight (kg)

75.7 (16.5)

83.7 (15.0)

69.5 (14.8)

71.3 (16.7)

77.0 (17.3)

77.2 (16.0)

72.8 (13.7)

73.5 (14.9)

74.4 (15.4)

75.8 (16.2)

76.7 (16.6)

77.5 (18.2)

Waist (cm)

89.9 (13.5)

94.7 (11.5)

86.1 (13.7)

83.7 (13.3)

88.9 (13.2)

92.2 (13.0)

93.3 (12.7)

87.4 (12.3)

88.5 (12.5)

89.7 (13.2)

90.7 (13.4)

92.5 (14.8)

BMI (%)

            

Normal/underweight

43.8

37.2

48.9

63.9

44.1

36.0

42.4

52.6

48.2

43.5

38.9

37.9

Overweight

36.6

43.7

31.1

23.3

36.2

41.2

40.7

35.4

36.6

37.4

38.0

35.8

Obese

19.6

19.1

20.1

12.8

19.8

22.8

16.9

12.0

15.2

19.1

23.1

26.3

Health condition (%)*

            

No

38.6

36.8

40.0

67.6

50.6

24.9

12.1

46.1

41.6

39.7

36.2

32.1

Yes

61.4

63.2

60.1

32.4

49.5

75.1

87.9

54.0

58.4

60.3

63.8

67.9

  1. Figures are in the format mean (s.d) unless otherwise stated.
  2. *Any long-standing illness, health problem, condition or disability.