All-Cause Mortality Risk of Metabolically Healthy Obese Individuals in NHANES III

Table 2

Number of participants defined as healthy or unhealthy by three definitions of metabolic health, and mortality rate in each group.

	Healthy			Unhealthy
	𝑛 (%)	No. deaths	Weighted % mortality	𝑛 (%)	No. deaths	Weighted % mortality
Obese 𝑛=1160
HOMA-IR	228 (19.7)	19	6.5	932 (80.3)	92	11.9
ATP-III	513 (44.2)	27	8.3	647 (55.8)	84	15.7
Combined	99 (8.5)	9	6.5	1061 (91.5)	102	11.0
Overweight 𝑛=1476
HOMA-IR	828 (56.1)	53	6.2	648 (43.9)	36	5.5
ATP-III	1101 (74.6)	54	5.5	375 (25.4)	35	9.2
Combined	300 (20.3)	16	4.9	1176 (79.7)	73	6.2
Lean 𝑛=1737
HOMA-IR	1520 (87.5)	87	4.3	217 (12.5)	20	7.5
ATP-III	1660 (95.6)	94	4.3	77 (4.4)	13	11.5
Combined	812 (46.7)	39	2.7	925 (53.3)	68	6.2

HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance; ATP-III: Adult Treatment Panel III; 𝑛 (%): unweighted number of participants defined as healthy or unhealthy by each definition within body mass index (BMI) group; number deaths: unweighted number of deaths per health and BMI status group by each definition; weighted % mortality: weighted percent of health and BMI group that is assumed deceased during follow-up period.