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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants according to general obesity status in Taiwanese older adults

From: Poor health-related physical fitness performance increases the overweight and obesity risk in older adults from Taiwan

Variables

Men (N = 7652)

Women (N = 13,978)

Obesity

(n = 1671)

Overweight

(n = 2840)

Normal Weight

(n = 3141)

p

Obesity

(n = 3534)

Overweight

(n = 4568)

Normal weight

(n = 5876)

p

Age (%)

   

<  0.001*

   

<  0.001*

 65–69 years old

32.50

30.56

27.54

 

36.64

37.06

37.25

 

 70–74 years old

25.79

25.35

24.90

 

29.20

28.63

26.92

 

 75–79 years old

23.16

20.53

21.59

 

21.62

20.56

18.98

 

 80–84 years old

11.13

14.40

14.93

 

9.42

9.96

11.15

 

 ≧ 85 years old

7.42

9.15

11.05

 

3.11

3.79

5.70

 

Height (cm)

162.17 ± 5.79

163.47 ± 5.83

163.74 ± 6.11

<  0.001*

151.63 ± 5.60

152.69 ± 5.66

153.21 ± 5.80

<  0.001*

Body weight (kg)

75.67 ± 5.77

67.95 ± 5.31

59.25 ± 5.78

<  0.001*

67.74 ± 6.36

59.27 ± 4.79

51.54 ± 4.99

<  0.001*

BMI (kg/m2)

28.76 ± 1.43

25.40 ± 0.87

22.07 ± 1.38

<  0.001*

29.44 ± 2.04

25.39 ± 0.86

21.93 ± 1.40

<  0.001*

WC (cm)

97.50 ± 6.44

90.69 ± 5.83

83.14 ± 6.33

<  0.001*

93.40 ± 7.52

85.99 ± 7.00

79.06 ± 7.08

<  0.001*

HC (cm)

101.69 ± 4.55

97.30 ± 4.46

92.62 ± 4.51

<  0.001*

102.63 ± 5.24

97.21 ± 4.77

91.97 ± 4.58

<  0.001*

WHR

0.96 ± 0.06

0.93 ± 0.05

0.90 ± 0.06

<  0.001*

0.91 ± 0.07

0.89 ± 0.07

0.86 ± 0.07

<  0.001*

Education level (%)

   

<  0.001*

   

<  0.001*

 Elementary school or lower

50.89

42.28

40.96

 

72.92

66.67

57.74

 

 Junior or senior school

30.19

34.83

32.54

 

21.99

25.57

30.18

 

 College or higher

18.92

22.89

26.50

 

5.09

7.76

12.07

 

Income level (%)

   

0.025*

   

<  0.001*

 ≦ 20,000 NTD

81.86

78.78

78.11

 

93.35

91.59

87.86

 

 20,001–40,000 NTD

10.04

11.94

11.23

 

4.52

5.30

7.61

 

 ≧ 40,001 NTD

8.10

9.28

10.66

 

2.12

3.11

4.54

 

Marital status (%)

   

0.481

   

0.001*

 Never married

58.49

59.67

58.08

 

48.40

47.18

50.85

 

 Married

30.69

30.06

30.22

 

24.84

27.05

24.41

 

 Divorced/separation/widowed

10.82

10.28

11.70

 

26.75

25.77

24.75

 

Self-reported health status (%)

   

0.038*

   

<  0.001*

 Excellent or good

65.44

69.44

69.14

 

61.93

65.08

64.22

 

 Fair

26.55

24.28

24.32

 

28.16

26.53

28.20

 

 Very bad or poor

8.02

6.27

6.54

 

9.91

8.39

7.59

 

Smoking status (%)

   

0.012*

   

0.236

 Never

78.74

82.20

80.27

 

97.33

97.62

97.27

 

 Current

11.51

9.84

11.92

 

1.60

1.71

1.95

 

 Former

9.76

7.97

7.80

 

1.07

0.66

0.79

 

Chewing betel nut (%)

   

<  0.001*

   

<  0.001*

 Never

93.17

95.03

96.11

 

98.33

99.11

99.12

 

 Current

2.63

1.84

1.30

 

1.19

0.66

0.47

 

 Former

4.20

3.13

2.60

 

0.48

0.23

0.41

 
  1. Values are expressed as means ± standard deviation
  2. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, HC hip circumference, NTD New Taiwan Dolloar, WC waist circumference, WHR waist-to-hip ratio
  3. *p <  0.05
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