Health care costs and lost productivity costs related to excess weight in Belgium

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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics by body mass index category, Belgian population ≥ 18 years, BHIS 2013

	Total		Underweight		Normal weight		Overweight		Obese
	N⁽¹⁾	%⁽²⁾	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total	7,633	100	222	2.8	3,692	48.6	2,624	34.7	1,095	13.9
Gender
Men	3,613	48.3	51	25.0	1,540	43.0	1,510	58.0	512	46.9
Women	4,020	51.7	171	75.0*	2,152	57.0	1,114	42.0*	583	53.1
Age (in years)
18–34	1,978	27	113	64.2*	1,263	33.9	446	18.1*	156	15.6*
35–65	3,945	52	74	25.1*	1,781	49.8	1,461	55.7*	629	53.3*
≥ 66 years	1,710	21	35	10.7*	648	16.3	717	26.2*	310	28.1*
Household education
No diploma/primary	779	9.3	19	4.4	253	5.6	311	11.0*	196	19.0*
Lower secondary	1,075	13.1	33	13.7	447	11.1	393	14.0*	202	18.0*
Higher secondary	2,486	34.7	70	37.8	1,159	34.5	870	34.0	387	36.6*
Higher education	3,191	42.9	99	44.1	1,780	48.9	1,014	41.0	298	26.4
Household income
Quintile 1	1,398	16.9	55	24.5	589	14.8	489	16.9	265	22.5*
Quintile 2	1,136	16.1	30	13.5	505	14.2	396	16.2	205	22.6*
Quintile 3	1,347	20.9	35	20.4	652	22.0	466	20.5	194	18.1
Quintile 4	1,357	22.2	36	22.3	688	22.8	473	22.3	160	19.8
Quintile 5	1,496	23.9	41	19.3	792	26.1	500	24.1	163	17.0
Number of chronic conditions
None	4,836	64	163	79	2,716	75	1,507	58	450	42
1	1,738	22	36	14	669	18	697	26*	336	30*
2	740	9	19	5	232	6	293	11*	196	17*
3 or more	315	4	4	1	71	2	127	4*	113	10*

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