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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population by metabolic phenotype among overweight and obese individuals

From: Prevalence and clinical characteristics of metabolically healthy obese individuals and other obese/non-obese metabolic phenotypes in a working population: results from the Icaria study

Characteristics

Overweight (BMIa 25.00–29.99 kg/m2)

Obese All (BMIa ≥30.00 kg/m2)

p-value*

n = 171,368

n = 70,052

Healthy

Unhealthy

Healthy

Unhealthy

Healthy

Unhealthy

n = 149,231

n = 22,137

n = 38,600

n = 31,452

  

Prevalence, %

33.1

4.9

8.6

7.0

  

(95 % CI) b

(32.9–33.2)

(4.8–5.0)

(8.5–8.6)

(6.9–7.0)

  

Age (years), mean [SD]c (95 % CI)b

37.3 [10.5]

44.1 [10.6]

37.7 [10.7]

42.9 [10.7]

<0.0001

<0.0001

(37.2–37.4)

(44.0–44.3)

(37.6–37.8)

(42.7–43.0)

Female, %

16.5

11.7

18.4

11.9

<0.0001

0.5889

(95 % CI)b

(16.3–16.7)

(11.3–12.1)

(18.0–18.8)

(11.5–12.2)

Blue-collar worker, %

69.8

71.3

74.2

75.2

<0.0001

<0.0001

(95 % CI)b

(69.6–70.0)

(70.7–71.9)

(73.7–74.6)

(74.7–75.6)

Smoking status, % (95 % CI)b

      

Never smoker

38.9

29.5

38.6

30.1

<0.0001

<0.0001

(38.6–39.1)

(28.9–30.1)

(38.1–39.1)

(29.6–30.6)

Former smoker (stopped smoking ≥1 year ago)

15.2

20.3

16.8

21.4

(15.0–15.4)

(19.7–20.8)

(16.4–17.2)

(20.9–21.8)

Former smoker (stopped smoking <1 year ago)

3.2

3.5

3.3

3.7

(3.1–3.3)

(3.3–3.8)

(3.2–3.5)

(3.5–4.0)

Current smoker

42.7

46.8

41.3

44.8

(42.5–43.0)

(46.1–47.4)

(40.8–41.8)

(44.2–45.3)

Heavy drinker, %

2.1

3.0

2.1

3.3

0.8921

0.078

(95 % CI)b

(2.1–2.2)

(2.8–3.3)

(2.0–2.3)

(3.1–3.5)

Physical exercised, % (95 % CI)b

      

Regular physical exercise

21.5

14.6

15.9

11.4

<0.0001

<0.0001

(21.0–21.9)

(13.5–15.8)

(15.2–16.6)

(10.7–12.3)

≥2 h/week of physical exercise

10.2

10.2

10.7

9.0

(9.9–10.6)

(9.2–11.2)

(10.1–11.3)

(8.3–9.8)

<2 h/week physical exercise

16.5

15.3

14.8

13.0

(16.1–16.9)

(14.2–16.5)

(14.2–15.5)

(12.2–13.9)

No physical exercise

51.8

59.9

58.6

66.5

(51.3–52.3)

(58.3–61.5)

(57.6–59.5)

(65.3–67.7)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean [SD]c (95 % CI)b

127.3 [15.2]

139.9 [16.0]

130.4 [15.9]

141.6 [16.8]

<0.0001

<0.0001

(127.2–127.4)

(139.6–140.1)

(130.2–130.6)

(141.5–141.8)

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean [SD]c (95 % CI)b

76.8 [10.1]

84.3 [10.2]

79.6 [10.6]

86.2 [10.8]

<0.0001

<0.0001

(76.8–76.9)

(84.1–84.4)

(79.5–79.7)

(86.1–86.3)

Hypertension, %

44.6

89.6

52.2

89.1

<0.0001

0.0810

(95 % CI)b

(44.4–44.9)

(89.2–90.0)

(51.7–52.7)

(88.8–89.5)

HDL cholesterol (mg/dL), mean [SD]c (95 % CI)b

51.4 [12.0]

43.1 [11.3]

50.4 [11.3]

43.8 [10.7]

<0.0001

<0.0001

(51.3–51.4)

(42.9–43.2)

(50.3–50.5)

(43.6–43.9)

Triglycerides (mg/dL), mean [SD]c (95 % CI)b

109.2 [70.0]

210.1 [133.4]

114.2 [69.1]

198.1 [127.7]

<0.0001

<0.0001

(108.9–109.6)

(208.3–211.8)

(113.5–114.9)

(196.7–199.5)

Hypertriglyceridemia, %

17.3

77.9

15.5

66.9

<0.0001

<0.0001

(95 % CI)b

(17.1–17.5)

(77.3–78.4)

(15.2–15.9)

(66.4–67.4)

Total cholesterol (mg/dL), mean [SD]c (95 % CI)b

201.4 [40.5]

217.5 [44.0]

203.9 [38.6]

216.1 [42.6]

<0.0001

0.0003

(201.2–201.6)

(216.9–218.1)

(203.5–204.3)

(215.6–216.6)

Hypercholesterolemia, %

50.2

69.0

53.0

66.9

<0.0001

<0.0001

(95 % CI)b

(49.9–50.4)

(68.4–69.6)

(52.5–53.5)

(66.4–67.5)

Glucose level (mg/dL), mean [SD]c (95 % CI)

89.2 [14.7]

107.4 [33.0]

89.5 [12.9]

106.7 [33.3]

0.0008

0.0092

(89.1–89.3)

(107.0–107.9)

(89.3–89.6)

(106.3–107)

BMI (kg/m2), mean [SD]c (95 % CI)b

27.1 [1.4]

27.8 [1.4]

32.6 [3.0]

33.7 [3.4]

<0.0001

<0.0001

(27.1–27.1)

(27.8–27.9)

(32.5–32.6)

(33.7–33.7)

Waist circumference (cm), mean [SD]c (95 % CI)b

91.1 [7.5]

97.6 [7.5]

102.1 [9.7]

109.2 [9.0]

<0.0001

<0.0001

(91.1–91.2)

(97.5–97.7)

(102–102.2)

(109.1–109.3)

  1. *P-values correspond to chi-squared test for categorical data, and t-test for continuous variables
  2. aBMI: body mass index
  3. b95% CI: 95 % confidence interval
  4. cSD: standard deviation
  5. dInformation on physical exercise was only available for a total of 100,561 study participants