Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population according to Body Mass Index.

From: Body Mass Index and Mortality: A 10-Year Prospective Study in China

Characteristics

Body Mass Indexa

<15.0

15.0–17.4

17.5–19.9

20.0–22.4

22.5–24.9

25.0–27.4

27.5–29.9

30.0–32.4

32.5–34.9

≥35.0

P values

No. of participants

210

3384

37326

140462

131610

43693

12257

3082

588

181

 

Age at baseline (years), median (IQR)

57.0 (41.0,74.0)

53.0 (35.0,68.0)

43.0 (32.0, 58.0)

42.0 (33.0, 54.0)

45.0 (36.0,55.0)

49.0 (40.0,57.0)

52.0 (42.0,59.0)

53.0 (43.0,60.0)

55.0 (46.0,62.0)

54.0 (46.0,62.0)

<0.001b

BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR)

14.3 (13.7,14.7)

16.9 (16.4,17.3)

19.3 (18.7,19.6)

21.5 (20.8, 22.0)

23.5 (23.0,24.2)

25.9 (25.4,26.6)

28.3 (27.8,29.0)

30.9 (30.4,31.5)

33.3 (32.9,34.1)

36.1 (35.4,37.2)

<0.001b

Marital status, No. (%)

 Married

155 (73.8)

2586 (76.4)

29865 (80.0)

118038 (84.0)

114862 (87.3)

38464 (88.0)

10775 (87.9)

2676 (86.8)

491 (83.5)

161 (89.0)

<0.001

 Others

55 (26.2)

798 (23.6)

7461 (20.0)

22424 (16.0)

16748 (12.7)

5229 (12.0)

1482 (12.1)

406 (13.2)

97 (16.5)

20 (11.0)

Education, No. (%)

 Less than 6 years

132 (62.9)

1850 (54.7)

16261 (43.6)

57724 (41.1)

60868 (46.3)

24369 (55.8)

7651 (62.4)

2079 (67.5)

416 (70.8)

133 (73.5)

<0.001

 ≥ 6 years

78 (37.1)

1534 (45.3)

21065 (56.4)

82738 (58.9)

70742 (53.7)

19324 (44.2)

4606 (37.6)

1003 (32.5)

172 (29.2)

48 (26.5)

Smoking, No. (%)

 Never

174(84.1)

2728(81.0)

29173(78.7)

104776(75.1)

95084(72.7)

31694(72.8)

8903(73.0)

2361(77.0)

497(84.8)

166(92.2)

<0.001

 Former

10(4.8)

187(5.6)

1687(4.5)

6429(4.7)

7012(5.3)

3057(7.0)

1032(8.5)

254(8.3)

32(5.5)

5(2.8)

 Current

23(11.1)

451(13.4)

6229(16.8)

28202(20.2)

28773(22.0)

8763(20.1)

2264(18.5)

450(14.7)

57(9.7)

9(5.0)

Drinking, No. (%)

 Never

185(89.4)

2942(87.4)

31381(84.6)

112981(81.0)

102451(78.3)

33674(77.4)

9443(77.5)

2511(82.0)

519(88.7)

170(94.5)

<0.001

 Occasional

7(3.4)

138(4.1)

1838(5.0)

8588(6.2)

8450(6.5)

2654(6.1)

739(6.0)

134(4.4)

22(3.8)

6(3.3)

 Often

15(7.2)

286(8.5)

3859(10.4)

17842(12.8)

19923(15.2)

7159(16.5)

2008(16.5)

416(13.6)

44(7.5)

4(2.2)

Physical activity, No. (%)

 Less than 1 time/ week

74(36.8)

1091(33.0)

10738(29.2)

38026(27.4)

34692(26.7)

11128(25.7)

3082(25.5)

753(24.8)

142(24.4)

38(21.5)

<0.001

 1 to 4 times/ week

72(35.8)

1122(33.9)

11989(32.6)

43515(31.4)

42735(32.8)

15463(35.8)

4276(35.4)

1113(36.7)

217(37.3)

65(36.7)

 More than 4 times/ week

55(27.4)

1092(33.1)

14002(38.1)

57076(41.2)

52669(40.5)

16630(38.5)

4725(39.1)

1169(38.5)

223(38.3)

74(41.8)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; IQR = interquatile range.
  2. aBody mass index was calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters.
  3. bThe Kruskal-Wallis Test.