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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the main study group (working-age individuals, 18–64 years). The number of individuals refer to a weighted number in each group

From: Indirect costs constitute a major part of the total economic burden of obesity: a Finnish population-based cohort study

BMI (kg/m2)

Overall

NW

(18.5–24.9 kg/m2)

OW

(25.0–29.9 kg/m2)

OBI

(30.0–34.9 kg/m2)

OBII – III

(35.0 + kg/m2)

p

n (%)

4,134

(100)

1,630

(39.4)

1,481

(35.8)

688

(16.6)

335

(8.1)

 

Age (years), mean (SD)

42.2 (13.5)

38.4 (13.4)

45.0 (12.3)

45.0 (13.3)

42.8 (14.8)

< 0.001

Sex, n (%)

Female

2,027 (49.0)

923 (56.7)

608 (41.0)

300 (43.7)

196 (58.4)

< 0.001

Male

2,107 (51.0)

706 (43.3)

873 (59.0)

388 (56.3)

139 (41.6)

BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

27.2 (5.2)

22.6 (1.6)

27.3 (1.4)

32.0 (1.3)

39.1 (4.0)

< 0.001

Follow-up, years (SD)

4.7 (0.9)

4.8 (0.7)

4.7 (1.0)

4.7 (1.0)

4.7 (0.9)

< 0.001

MetCs, mean (SD)

1.18 (1.0)

0.73 (0.8)

1.24 (1.0)

1.73 (1.1)

1.93 (1.18)

< 0.001

MetCs category, n (%)

 0

1,278 (30.9)

742 (45.5)

395 (26.7)

93 (13.6)

47 (14.0)

< 0.001

 1 

1,438 (34.8)

625 (38.4)

538 (36.3)

199 (28.9)

76 (22.6)

 > 1

1,419 (34.3)

263 (16.1)

548 (37.0)

396 (57.6)

213 (63.5)

Comorbidities, n (%)

Psychiatric disease

952 (23.0)

349 (21.4)

311 (21.0)

210 (30.6)

82 (24.5)

0.004

Musculoskeletal disorder

1,981 (47.9)

684 (42.0)

726 (49.0)

380 (55.3)

191 (57.0)

< 0.001

Metabolic disorder

466 (11.3)

76 (4.7)

172 (11.6)

133 (19.3)

84 (25.1)

< 0.001

Any CVD

980 (23.7)

237 (14.6)

384 (25.9)

234 (34.0)

125 (37.3)

< 0.001

Asthma

275 (6.6)

98 (6.0)

84 (5.7)

47 (6.8)

46 (13.6)

0.009

Cancer

179 (4.3)

55 (3.4)

65 (4.4)

45 (6.5)

14 (4.1)

0.01

Sleep apnea

262 (6.3)

35 (2.1)

92 (6.2)

79 (11.5)

56 (16.8)

< 0.001

T2DM

191 (4.6)

8 (0.5)

55 (3.7)

71 (10.3)

57 (17.0)

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, CVD Cardiovascular disease, MetCs Metabolic comorbidities, NW Normal weight, OBI Class I obesity, OBII – III Class II – III obesity, OW Overweight, SD Standard deviation, T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus