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 | Â | Â | Â | p < 0.001 | Â | Â | Â | 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 | Â | Â | Â | p < 0.001 | Â | Â | Â | 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 | Â | Â | Â | p = 0.005 | Â | Â | Â | 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 | Â | Â | Â | p = 0.008 | Â | Â | Â | 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 | Â | Â | Â | p = 0.001 | Â | Â | Â | 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 | Â | Â | Â | p < 0.001 | Â | Â | Â | 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 | Â | 7.3 | 6.6 | 4.2 | Â |
Exercise (> 30 minutes p/day) | Â | Â | Â | p = 0.034 | Â | Â | Â | p < 0.001 |
< 1 day p/week | 10.2 | 10.5 | 15.6 | Â | 12.5 | 17.5 | 21.6 | Â |
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 | Â | 45.0 | 42.2 | 36.0 | Â |
% of all men/women | 48.9 | 42.2 | 8.9 | 100% | 57.2 | 30.4 | 12.4 | 100% |