Table 1 Baseline characteristics according to BMI categories.

Age

44.13 ± 8.80

46.31 ± 9.09

< 0.001

Sex

Male

722 (43.7)

1644 (45.0)

0.560

Female

932 (56.3)

2007 (55.0)

Education

Level

Diploma and under diploma

277 (16.7)

822 (22.5)

< 0.001

Bachelors

860 (52.0)

1838 (50.3)

MSc/ PhD

517 (31.3)

991 (27.1)

Current smoking

Yes

60 (3.6)

183 (5.0)

0.066

No

1594 (96.4)

3468 (95.0)

Diabetic patients

79 (4.8)

596 (16.3)

< 0.001

Hypertensive patients

108 (6.5)

294 (8.1)

< 0.001

Physical activity (MET)

39.0 ± 5.0

38.4 ± 5.7

0.003

BMI (kg/m²)

22.99 ± 1.5

28.96 ± 3.2

< 0.001

Energy intake

2383.3 ± 673.8

2429.4 ± 671.1

0.062

Waist circumference

88.6 ± 7.2

100.1 ± 9.1

< 0.001

WBC

5.7 ± 1.3

6.1 ± 1.3

< 0.001

Hb

14.3 ± 1.5

14.4 ± 1.6

0.046

Hct (%)

41.9 ± 4.3

42.2 ± 4.5

0.002

Plt (Number per liter)

216.7 ± 49.6

226.0 ± 52.2

< 0.001

Lymphocytes (Number per liter)

39.8 ± 9.0

40.1 ± 8.2

0.248

Monocytes (Number per liter)

4.34 ± 1.8

4.30 ± 1.8

0.267

Granulocytes (Number per liter)

55.8 ± 9.9

55.5 ± 9.0

0.237

RDW

11.1 ± 1.0

11.2 ± 1.0

0.015

HDL (mg/dL)

58.9 ± 13.5

54.8 ± 12.5

< 0.001

TBW

32.7 ± 6.3

36.5 ± 7.6

< 0.001

ECW

12.4 ± 2.3

13.8 ± 2.8

< 0.001

PhA

5.2 ± 0.67

5.5 ± 0.68

< 0.001

ECW/TBW

0.38 ± 0.006

0.38 ± 0.006

0.031

PHR

3.8 ± 1.2

4.3 ± 1.3

< 0.001

PLR

5.7 ± 2.1

5.9 ± 2.1

0.021

MHR

0.07 ± 0.03

0.08 ± 0.04

< 0.001

LHR

0.71 ± 0.2

0.76 ± 0.2

< 0.001

RLR

0.29 ± 0.09

0.29 ± 0.08

0.324

RPR

0.054 ± 0.01

0.051 ± 0.01

< 0.001

GLR

1.55 ± 0.7

1.50 ± 0.6

0.033