Table 3 Demographic and anthropometric characteristics (for overall sample and by weight category)
Characteristics | Overall sample | Living with healthy weight 1,2 (n = 370) | Living with overweight 1 (n = 223) | Living with obesity 1 (n = 127) | Non-responders (n = 326) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Continuous variables | Median (Q3-Q1) | Median (Q3-Q1) | Median (Q3-Q1) | P 3 | Median (Q3-Q1) | P 3 | Median (Q3-Q1) | P 3 |
age, y (n = 1046) | 46 (30) | 36 (28) | 50 (30) | < 0.001 | 58 (21) | < 0.001 | 48 (26) | < 0.001 |
BMI, kg/m2 (n = 725) | 25.02 (6.02) | 22.35 (2.92) | 26.96 (2.39) | < 0.001 | 34.58 (6.78) | < 0.001 | – | – |
Categorical variables | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | P 4 | ||
gender (n = 1043) | < 0.001 | |||||||
males | 493 (47.3) | 148 (41.0) | 147 (63.7) | 76 (58.4) | 122 (38.1) | |||
females | 549 (52.7) | 213 (59.0) | 84 (36.3) | 54 (41.6) | 199 (61.9) | |||
education (n = 1041) | < 0.001 | |||||||
no qualifications or compulsory level | 213 (20.5) | 59 (16.4) | 41 (17.8) | 46 (34.5) | 68 (21.2) | |||
secondary/further education (e.g., NVQ) | 612 (58.8) | 202 (55.9) | 141 (61.5) | 75 (57.1) | 194 (60.8) | |||
university or higher (UG or PG degree) | 216 (20.7) | 100 (27.7) | 47 (20.6) | 11 (8.3) | 57 (18.0) | |||
SES (n = 1043) | < 0.001 | |||||||
ABC1 | 450 (43.0) | 183 (50.6) | 80 (34.5) | 43 (32.5) | 144 (44.8) | |||
C2DE | 596 (57.0) | 178 (49.4) | 151 (65.5) | 89 (67.5) | 177 (55.2) | |||