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Table 1 Distributions of sociodemographic and life style characteristics among BMI-categories; men and women (N = 8,944)a)

From: Moderately overweight and obese patients in general practice: a population based survey

	Men				Women
	BMI < 25 kg/m² (n = 1980)	BMI 25- <30 kg/m² (n = 1707)	BMI = 30 kg/m² (n = 361)		BMI < 25 kg/m² (n = 2800)	BMI 25- <30 kg/m² (n = 1488)	BMI = 30 kg/m² (n = 608)
Age				p < 0.001				p < 0.001
< 35 years	31.5	14.2	13.0		28.9	13.1	12.5
35–54	40.3	46.3	51.5		44.9	43.3	43.6
55–74	21.6	33.0	31.3		19.5	33.4	36.0
75plus	6.6	6.4	4.2		6.8	10.2	7.9
Educational level				p < 0.001				p < 0.001
Low	28.8	35.9	46.0		28.5	44.8	55.9
Middle	45.0	41.4	40.7		48.1	40.4	34.2
High	26.2	22.7	13.3		23.3	14.7	9.9
Health insurance				p = 0.005				p < 0.001
Public	58.8	58.2	67.3		68.8	73.9	79.8
Private	41.2	41.8	32.7		31.2	26.1	20.2
Place of residence				p = 0.008				ns
Urban	35.1	30.2	33.5		35.9	33.6	34.9
Rural	64.9	69.8	66.5		64.1	66.4	65.1
Smoking				p = 0.001				p < 0.001
Non-smoker	60.9	66.9	64.0		70.8	75.9	76.6
Current smoker	39.1	33.1	36.0		29.2	24.1	23.4
Alcohol consumption				p < 0.001				p < 0.001
None	14.8	17.5	24.3		28.2	37.0	45.0
s 1–2 glass p/day	58.8	57.8	51.7		64.5	56.4	50.8
> 2 glasses p/day	26.4	24.7	24.0		7.3	6.6	4.2
Exercise (> 30 minutes p/day)				p = 0.034				p < 0.001
< 1 day p/week	10.2	10.5	15.6		12.5	17.5	21.6
1–3 days p/week	24.7	26.8	25.6		21.0	19.5	21.8
4–6 days p/week	24.2	22.0	22.8		21.6	20.8	20.6
all days	40.8	40.8	36.1		45.0	42.2	36.0
% of all men/women	48.9	42.2	8.9	100%	57.2	30.4	12.4	100%

a) significance test: Pearson Chi-square test, ns = not significant (p > 0.05)

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