Table 1 General characteristics of participants by weight change. ADI STUDY. May–June. 2020. Italy.
Variable | Whole sample | Weight change | P value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unchanged | Weight loss | Weight gain | |||
N (1232) | 297 (24.1%) | 334 (27.1%) | 601 (48.8%) | ||
Age (Years) | 50.48 (14.26) | 52.15 (13.81) | 48.14 (15.24) | 50.89 (13.75) | 0.001 |
Sex | |||||
Female | 913 (72.46%) | 214 (24.0%) | 239 (26.8%) | 438 (49.2%) | 0.91 |
Male | 347 (27.54%) | 82 (24.5%) | 93 (27.8%) | 160 (47.8%) | |
Weight (kg) | 93.10 (22.74) | 92.33 (25.33) | 90.31 (21.06) | 95.01 (22.45) | <0.001 |
Weight classes (kg) | |||||
<60 | 27 (2.16%) | 10 (37.0%) | 11 (40.7%) | 6 (22.2%) | <0.011 |
60–70 | 129 (10.32%) | 39 (30.7%) | 39 (30.7%) | 49 (38.6%) | |
71–80 | 251 (20.08%) | 56 (22.8%) | 69 (28.0%) | 121 (49.2%) | |
81–90 | 227 (18.16%) | 60 (27.1%) | 65 (29.4%) | 96 (43.4%) | |
91–100 | 249 (19.92%) | 42 (17.5%) | 68 (28.3%) | 130 (54.2%) | |
101–120 | 241 (19.28%g) | 52 (22.2%) | 60 (25.6%) | 122 (52.1%) | |
121–150 | 86 (6.88%) | 24 (28.2%) | 14 (16.5%) | 47 (55.3%) | |
>150 | 40 (3.20%) | 10 (29.4%) | 7 (20.6%) | 17 (50.0%) | |
Body mass index (Kg/m2) | 34.51 (7.49) | 34.10 (8.01) | 33.26 (7.02) | 35.36 (7.44) | <0.001 |
Body mass index status | |||||
Normal weight | 68 (5.40%) | 24 (35.8%) | 23 (34.3%) | 20 (29.9%) | <0.001 |
Overweight | 299 (23.73%) | 74 (25.2%) | 93 (31.6%) | 127 (43.2%) | |
Obesity Class I | 381 (30.24%) | 82 (22.0%) | 102 (27.4%) | 188 (50.5%) | |
Obesity Class II | 281 (22.30%) | 64 (23.8%) | 74 (27.5%) | 131 (48.7%) | |
Obesity Class III | 231 (18.33%) | 52 (22.9%) | 42 (18.5%) | 133 (58.6%) | |
Work status | |||||
Unemployed | 111 (8.82%) | 25 (22.9%) | 37 (33.9%) | 47 (43.1%) | 0.66 |
Homemaker | 208 (16.52%) | 45 (22.3%) | 48 (23.8%) | 109 (54.0%) | |
Artisan/Trader/Farmer | 82 (6.51%) | 19 (23.8%) | 24 (30.0%) | 37 (46.3%) | |
Public employee | 207 (16.44%) | 54 (26.7%) | 55 (27.2%) | 93 (46.0%) | |
Private employee | 251 (19.94%) | 53 (21.5%) | 74 (30.1%) | 119 (48.4%) | |
Self-Employed | 104 (8.26%) | 23 (22.5%) | 22 (21.6%) | 57 (55.9%) | |
Retired | 191 (15.17%) | 51 (27.6%) | 48 (25.9%) | 86 (46.5%) | |
Other | 105 (8.34%) | 24 (24.0%) | 25 (25.0%) | 51 (51.0%) | |
Working from home | |||||
No | 820 (73.67%) | 202 (25.2%) | 209 (26.1%) | 390 (48.7%) | 0.30 |
Yes | 293 (26.33%) | 59 (20.7%) | 81 (28.4%) | 145 (50.9%) | |
Covid-19 region | |||||
Area with low incidence | 299 (23.56%) | 55 (19.0%) | 88 (30.4%) | 146 (50.5%) | 0.14 |
Area with medium incidence | 332 (26.16%) | 87 (26.9%) | 88 (27.2%) | 149 (46.0%) | |
Area with high incidence | 638 (50.28%) | 155 (25.0%) | 158 (25.5%) | 306 (49.4%) | |
Education | |||||
Primary school | 103 (8.19%) | 28 (27.5%) | 28 (27.5%) | 46 (45.1%) | 0.46 |
Middle school | 372 (29.57%) | 91 (24.9%) | 88 (24.1%) | 186 (51.0%) | |
High school | 525 (41.73% | 117 (22.9%) | 155 (30.3%) | 239 (46.8%) | |
Graduation | 258 (20.51%) | 60 (24.0%) | 63 (25.2%) | 127 (50.8%) | |
