Research Article

Weight Mobility and Obesity in a Representative Sample of the US Adult Population

Table 1

Demographic characteristics at baseline.

Complete data
Missing data

BMI (kg/m2)Mean (SE)27.8(0.10)28.4(0.28)

Age (y)Mean (SE)46.2(0.28)47.8(1.2)

Sex(% male)46.4%43.1%

Diabetes(%)10.1%11.5%

Poverty index(%)
Poor15.4%15.2%
Near poor5.6%9.1%
Low income14.8%17.5%
Middle income29.7%33.2%
High income33.1%25.0%

Race(%)
Hispanic17.3%21.4%
White62.5%59.2%
Black12.1%13.1%
Asian5.3%4.4%
Other or multiple2.9%1.9%