Table 2

Baseline characteristics of adults aged over 40 or older who are normal weight and overweight (unweighted n=6335 and weighted n=65 705 694)

Body mass indexNormalOverweightP values
% Body fatLowHighLowHigh
Unweighted sample size90816793273421
Weighted sample size10 259 13818 020 4863 382 47434 043 596
Prevalence of abnormal blood glucose8.613.510.520.0<0.001
Age
 40 to 7092.381.196.085.2<0.001
 71 or older7.718.94.014.8
Sex
 Male61.128.896.253.4<0.001
 Female38.971.23.846.6
Race
 Non-Hispanic white77.580.470.477.0<0.001
 Non-Hispanic black11.74.817.08.0
 Hispanics6.57.110.010.9
 Others4.37.72.64.2
First-degree-relative diabetes
 Yes35.945.543.646.9<0.001
 No64.254.556.453.1
Vigorous activity
 Yes41.728.145.930.4<0.001
 No58.371.954.169.6
Muscle-strengthening activities
 Yes40.525.138.123.4<0.001
 No59.574.961.976.7