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Table 1 Prevalence of overweight, obesity and potential confounders within general and over-indebted population

From: Over-indebtedness as a marker of socioeconomic status and its association with obesity: a cross-sectional study

 

GNT-HIS

(general population)

n = 8318

OI-survey

(over-indebted population)

n = 949

 

% with parameter present

95% CI

% with parameter present

95% CI

Overweight

44.3

43.2–45.3

56.8

53.6–59.9

Obesity

11.3

10.6–12.0

25.1

22.3–27.8

Sex (male)

46.5

45.5–47.6

47.0

43.8–50.2

Age (>40 years)

62.1

61.1–63.1

52.9

49.7–56.1

Education (≥10 years)

68.3

67.3–69.3

40.0

36.9–43.2

Income, net (>1500 €)*

54.4*

53.3–55.5

22.6

19.9–25.2

Depression (yes)

9.4

8.8–10.0

38.9

35.8–42.0

Smoking (yes)

33.9

32.9–34.9

63.0

55.9–66.1

  1. Notes: in crude analysis, covariates were dichotomised to improve understanding
  2. *2134 subjects gave no information about income. By excluding them from the dataset the appropriate portion value for this character would be 73.2%