Table 1 Percent distribution of sociodemographic factors according to BMI in 55,303 men and 59,716 women.
From: Obesity and prevalence of chronic diseases in the 1999–2000 Italian National Health Survey
BMI (kg/m 2) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | Females | |||||||||
Underweight | Normal | Overweight | Obese I | Obese II/III | Underweight | Normal | Overweight | Obese I | Obese II/III | |
Age (years) | ||||||||||
18–34 | 2.20 | 69.36 | 25.39 | 2.70 | 0.35 | 13.70 | 74.36 | 9.68 | 1.79 | 0.46 |
35–44 | 0.39 | 48.17 | 43.41 | 6.94 | 1.08 | 4.88 | 71.24 | 18.96 | 4.01 | 0.92 |
45–54 | 0.37 | 38.40 | 49.43 | 10.19 | 1.61 | 2.53 | 57.74 | 28.80 | 8.67 | 2.26 |
55–64 | 0.43 | 35.91 | 50.23 | 11.82 | 1.61 | 2.35 | 48.28 | 36.33 | 10.30 | 2.74 |
65–74 | 0.64 | 37.34 | 50.21 | 10.66 | 1.15 | 2.16 | 46.09 | 37.88 | 11.64 | 2.23 |
≥75 | 2.44 | 47.01 | 43.28 | 6.56 | 0.71 | 5.87 | 49.40 | 33.81 | 9.20 | 1.72 |
Education | ||||||||||
University | 0.90 | 58.18 | 35.83 | 4.62 | 0.47 | 8.04 | 77.34 | 12.33 | 1.82 | 0.47 |
High school | 1.44 | 58.17 | 34.74 | 4.99 | 0.66 | 10.37 | 73.24 | 13.68 | 2.18 | 0.52 |
Middle school | 0.99 | 50.48 | 40.62 | 6.78 | 1.13 | 6.65 | 66.86 | 20.34 | 5.05 | 1.09 |
Primary or less | 1.03 | 38.25 | 48.19 | 11.20 | 1.34 | 3.11 | 45.05 | 37.44 | 11.67 | 2.73 |
Geographical area | ||||||||||
Northwest | 1.32 | 53.25 | 38.27 | 6.25 | 0.90 | 8.07 | 63.57 | 21.29 | 5.52 | 1.56 |
Northeast | 0.86 | 49.28 | 40.95 | 7.93 | 0.98 | 6.39 | 61.40 | 24.32 | 6.46 | 1.43 |
Center | 1.03 | 52.31 | 39.27 | 6.55 | 0.83 | 5.80 | 63.53 | 23.58 | 5.80 | 1.28 |
South | 1.06 | 46.01 | 43.52 | 8.14 | 1.27 | 4.55 | 56.23 | 28.87 | 8.52 | 1.82 |
Islands | 1.34 | 47.38 | 42.07 | 8.18 | 1.03 | 6.78 | 59.40 | 25.56 | 6.86 | 1.40 |
Smoking habits | ||||||||||
Never | 1.38 | 53.94 | 37.74 | 6.06 | 0.89 | 6.16 | 58.59 | 26.31 | 7.25 | 1.69 |
Ex-smoker | 0.74 | 38.74 | 49.08 | 10.12 | 1.32 | 5.09 | 63.25 | 24.02 | 6.07 | 1.57 |
< 15 cigarettes/day | 1.45 | 59.88 | 32.88 | 5.01 | 0.78 | 8.47 | 69.17 | 17.44 | 3.97 | 0.95 |
≥ 15 cigarettes/day | 0.98 | 51.40 | 39.67 | 7.07 | 0.88 | 7.12 | 66.58 | 20.10 | 5.44 | 0.77 |
All | ||||||||||
% | 1.12 | 49.97 | 40.62 | 7.28 | 1.00 | 6.34 | 60.98 | 24.56 | 6.60 | 1.52 |
N* | 252,462 | 11,270,228 | 9,162,655 | 1,643,067 | 226,158 | 1,546,994 | 14,868,975 | 5,987,887 | 1,610,073 | 371,340 |