Research Article
Comparing Years of Healthy Life, Measured in 16 Ways, for Normal Weight and Overweight Older Adults
Table 3
Means by BMI category (white women only).
| | BMI Category* | | Normal | Overwt | Obese |
| | Sample Size | 1037 | 1069 | 611 | | Age (mean) | 73.0 | 72.4 | 71.3 | | BMI (mean) | 22.2 | 26.8 | 33.6 | | WC (cm) | 81.0 | 92.2 | 106.5 | | % Current Smoker | 15.7 | 10.0 | 9.5 | | % Lost 10 + lbs | 12.6 | 11.3 | 9.7 | | YOL | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | | SPL | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.3 | | FLW | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.3 | | SOC | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 | | DEP | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.8 | | BED | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 | | FLUSH | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.0 | | COG | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.9 | | HOSP | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.0 | | EVGG | 7.0 | 7.1 | 6.4 | | LEV | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.5 | | EXSTR | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.3 | | IADL | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.0 | | BLOCK | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 | | ADL | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.6 | | TWLK | 5.1 | 5.0 | 3.9 |
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*Normal = 18.5–24.9, Overweight = 25–29.9, Obese = 30+.
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