Demographic and healthcare characteristics | |
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Age (years) | |
Mean (SD) | 51.3 (17.9) |
<55 | 447 (55.2) |
≥55 | 363 (44.8) |
Sex | |
Male | 432 (53.3) |
Female | 378 (46.7) |
Ethnicity | |
White | 721 (89.0) |
Non-white | 88 (10.9) |
Marital status | |
Unmarried | 312 (38.5) |
Married/living as married | 498 (61.5) |
SES | |
Lower | 493 (60.9) |
Higher | 317 (39.1) |
Health professional advice to lose weight | |
No | 599 (74.0) |
Yes | 208 (25.7) |
Anthropometric characteristics | |
Mean (SD) height (cm) | 169.4 (10.7) |
Mean (SD) weight (kg) | 85.3 (16.2) |
Mean (SD) body mass index (kg/m2) | 29.6 (4.3) |
Weight status | |
Overweight | 528 (65.2) |
Obese | 282 (34.8) |
Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise unweighted data shown.
Numbers may not sum to the total sample number, as some items were not answered by all participants.
Percentages were derived from the full sample and may therefore not sum to 100%.
SES, socioeconomic status.