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
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| 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 | (%) | | | | | Poor | 15.4% | | 15.2% | | Near poor | 5.6% | | 9.1% | | Low income | 14.8% | | 17.5% | | Middle income | 29.7% | | 33.2% | | High income | 33.1% | | 25.0% | |
| Race | (%) | | | | | Hispanic | 17.3% | | 21.4% | | White | 62.5% | | 59.2% | | Black | 12.1% | | 13.1% | | Asian | 5.3% | | 4.4% | | Other or multiple | 2.9% | | 1.9% | |
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