Table 2 Distribution of study participants by demographic and socioeconomic variables
From: Food environment and socioeconomic status influence obesity rates in Seattle and in Paris
Seattle Obesity Study (SOS) | RECORD study | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seattle total | Seattle city | Seattle suburb | Paris total | Paris city | Paris suburb | |
N=1340 | N=671 | N=669 | N=7131 | N=2044 | N=5057 | |
Gender | ||||||
Men | 512 (38%) | 243 (36%) | 269 (40%) | 4658 (65%) | 1315 (64%) | 3343 (66%) |
Women | 828 (62%) | 428 (64%) | 400 (60%) | 2473 (35%) | 729 (36%) | 1744 (34%) |
Age categories (years) | ||||||
18 to <45 | 348 (26%) | 197 (29%) | 151 (23%) | 2535 (35%) | 746 (37%) | 1789 (35%) |
45 to <65 | 691 (52%) | 342 (51%) | 349 (52%) | 3762 (53%) | 1022 (50%) | 2740 (54%) |
⩾65 | 301 (22%) | 132 (20%) | 169 (25%) | 834 (12%) | 276 (14%) | 558 (11%) |
Living alone/not | ||||||
Alone | 444 (33%) | 262 (39%) | 182 (27%) | 2136 (30%) | 751 (37%) | 1385(27%) |
With others | 895 (67%) | 409 (61%) | 486 (73%) | 4995 (70%) | 1293 (63%) | 3702(73%) |
Annual household income | ||||||
Tertile 1 | 540 (40%) | 277 (41%) | 263 (39%) | 2706 (38%) | 562 (28%) | 2153 (43%) |
Tertile 2 | 457 (34%) | 220 (33%) | 237 (36%) | 2451 (35%) | 770 (38%) | 1698 (33%) |
Tertile 3 | 343 (26%) | 174 (26%) | 169 (25%) | 1936 (27%) | 712 (35%) | 1207 (24%) |
Education | ||||||
High school or less | 246 (18%) | 87 (13%) | 159 (24%) | 2303 (36%) | 480 (24%) | 1823 (36%) |
Some college | 338 (25%) | 150 (22%) | 188 (28%) | 2098 (30%) | 560 (28%) | 1538 (31%) |
College graduates or higher | 756 (57%) | 434 (65%) | 322 (48%) | 2672 (38%) | 990 (48%) | 1682 (33%) |
Neighborhood property value | ||||||
Quartile 1 | 335 (25%) | 93 (14%) | 242 (36%) | 1771 (25%) | 352 (17%) | 1419 (28%) |
Quartile 2 | 335 (25%) | 200 (30%) | 135 (20%) | 1766 (25%) | 747 (37%) | 1019 (20%) |
Quartile 3 | 335 (25%) | 183 (27%) | 152 (23%) | 1771 (25%) | 533 (26%) | 1238 (25%) |
Quartile 4 | 335 (25%) | 195 (29%) | 140 (21%) | 1775 (25%) | 390 (19%) | 1385 (27%) |
Supermarket type | ||||||
Low cost | 401 (30%) | 75 (11%) | 326 (49%) | 773 (11%) | 212 (10%) | 561 (11%) |
Medium cost | 793 (59%) | 463 (69%) | 330 (49%) | 5160 (73%) | 1282 (63%) | 3878 (77%) |
High cost | 146 (11%) | 133 (20%) | 13 (2%) | 1149 (16%) | 543 (27%) | 606 (12%) |
BMI | ||||||
Obese (BMI⩾30 kg m−2) | 283 (21%) | 199 (18%) | 164 (25%) | 880 (12%) | 192 (9%) | 688 (14%) |
Non-obese (BMI<30 kg m−2) | 1057 (79%) | 552 (82%) | 505 (75%) | 6192 (88%) | 1849 (91%) | 4343 (86%) |
