Table 1 Characteristics of the participants aged ≥ 40 years by weight status in Taiwan

n

62,965

2073

32,907

18,820

9165

–

Vegetable-fruit pattern

<0.001

 Q1 (range, 9–14)

21.9

24.4

20.8

22.1

25.0

 Q2 (range, 15–16)

20.9

20.7

20.8

20.8

21.3

 Q3 (range, 17–18)

21.0

20.8

20.8

21.6

19.1

 Q4 (range, 19–21)

21.0

19.0

21.9

20.6

19.1

 Q5 (range, 22–42)

15.2

15.1

15.7

14.9

14.1

Meat-processed pattern

<0.001

 Q1 (range, 11–17)

21.3

24.8

22.3

19.9

19.8

 Q2 (range, 18–19)

18.4

19.3

19.5

17.5

16.8

 Q3 (range, 20–22)

26.6

27.0

26.8

26.6

25.7

 Q4 (range, 23–25)

18.5

16.2

18.0

19.4

18.9

 Q5 (range, 26–56)

15.1

12.9

13.4

16.5

18.8

Gender, % male

52.0

34.7

45.7

62.7

56.4

<0.001

Age, years

<0.001

 40–44

28.8

40.5

32.0

24.4

23.0

 45–49

20.9

19.3

21.8

20.6

18.6

 50–54

15.8

10.2

15.0

16.9

17.9

 55–59

11.4

7.6

10.3

12.7

13.7

  ≥ 60

23.1

22.4

20.9

25.4

26.8

Education level

<0.001

  < High School

26.3

19.5

22.3

28.6

37.4

 High school

31.9

32.0

33.2

31.1

28.8

  > High school

41.8

48.5

44.5

40.3

33.7

Marital status

<0.001

 Married

86.3

80.7

85.9

87.8

85.8

 Widows/divorced

10.9

11.9

10.8

10.5

11.9

 Never married

2.8

7.4

3.4

1.7

2.3

Smoking, current

19.6

19.1

17.8

22.1

20.8

<0.001

Drinking, current

18.6

11.7

16.6

22.2

20.4

<0.001

Physical activity, yes

63.9

55.9

64.6

65.8

59.7

<0.001

CVD

4.3

4.3

3.5

4.8

6.2

<0.001

SBP, > 120 mmHg

50.4

30.1

41.9

58.0

69.5

<0.001

DBP, > 80 mmHg

26.1

9.4

19.5

31.7

42.0

<0.001