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Table 1 Baseline characteristics by obesity in ACCESS/Arab American patients

From: Characteristics and distribution of obesity in the Arab-American population of southeastern Michigan

 

All

(N = 2363)

Obesity

p-value

No

(N = 1630)

Yes

(N = 733)

Age, year – median (range)

37 (18,98)

34 (18,98)

44 (19,93)

< 0.001

Age, year – no. (%)

   

< 0.001

 18–24

319 (13)

269 (17)

50 (7)

 

 25–35

714 (30)

562 (34)

152 (21)

 

 35–44

447 (19)

277 (17)

170 (23)

 

 45–54

391 (17)

230 (14)

161 (22)

 

 55–64

289 (12)

171 (10)

118 (16)

 

 65+

203 (9)

121 (7)

82 (11)

 

Sex – no. (%)

   

0.421

 Female

1591 (67)

1106 (68)

485 (66)

 

 Male

772 (33)

524 (32)

248 (34)

 

Height, in – median (range)

64 (51,79)

65 (52,79)

64 (51,78)

< 0.001

Weight, lbs – median (range)

163 (79,346)

150 (79,248)

198 (117,346)

< 0.001

BMI, lbs/in2 – median (range)

27.43 (12.34,58.51)

25.39 (12.34,29.99)

33.47 (30.02,58.51)

< 0.001

BMI, lbs/in2 – no. (%)

   

 Underweight

47 (2)

47 (3)

 

 Normal

707 (30)

707 (43)

 

 Overweight

876 (37)

876 (54)

 

 Obese

733 (31)

733 (100)

 

Employment – no. (%)

   

0.739

 No

387 (16)

275 (17)

112 (15)

 

 Yes

312 (13)

218 (13)

94 (13)

 

 Missing

1664 (70)

1137 (70)

527 (72)

 

Marital status – no. (%)

   

0.266

 No

119 (5)

88 (5)

31 (4)

 

 Yes

472 (20)

323 (20)

149 (20)

 

 Missing

1772 (75)

1219 (75)

553 (75)

 

Hypertension – no. (%)

   

< 0.001

 No

985 (42)

734 (45)

251 (34)

 

 Yes

392 (17)

191 (12)

201 (27)

 

 Missing

986 (42)

705 (43)

281 (38)

 

Diabetes Mellitus – no. (%)

   

< 0.001

 No

956 (40)

701 (43)

255 (35)

 

 Yes

370 (16)

195 (12)

175 (24)

 

 Missing

1037 (44)

734 (45)

303 (41)

 

Hyperlipidemia – no. (%)

   

< 0.001

 No

875 (37)

646 (40)

229 (31)

 

 Yes

455 (19)

254 (16)

201 (27)

 

 Missing

1033 (44)

730 (45)

303 (41)

 

Alcohol use – no. (%)

   

0.737

 No

1048 (44)

713 (44)

335 (46)

 

 Yes

42 (2)

30 (2)

12 (2)

 

 Missing

1273 (54)

887 (54)

386 (53)

 

Smoking status – no. (%)

   

0.497

 No

1560 (66)

1073 (66)

487 (66)

 

 Yes

377 (16)

252 (15)

125 (17)

 

 Missing

426 (18)

305 (19)

121 (17)

 

Hookah use – no. (%)

   

> 0.99

 No

1230 (52)

837 (51)

393 (54)

 

 Yes

174 (7)

118 (7)

56 (8)

 

 Missing

959 (41)

675 (41)

284 (39)