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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants by BMI classes

From: Correlates of perceived health related quality of life in obese, overweight and normal weight older adults: an observational study

 

Normal weight

Overweight

Obesity

p-value

n = 86

n = 53

n = 66

Age (years)

69.02 ± 6.61

69.46 ± 5.69

67.76 ± 6.59

0.304

Gender

   

0.627

 Male

25.6%

22.6%

30.3%

 

 Female

74.4%

77.4%

69.7%

 

Waist circumference (cm)

82.99 ± 9.32

92.69 ± 8.36a

111.22 ± 12.47ab

<0.001

Hip circumference (cm)

97.16 ± 6.49

106.17 ± 6.48a

118.85 ± 12.15ab

<0.001

Number of medications prescribed

2.09 ± 1.85

2.36 ± 1.6

2.63 ± 1.97

0.198

Number of diseases

1.76 ± 1.39

1.77 ± 1

2.22 ± 1.58

0.089

Cardiovascolar diseases (yes)

44.2%

60.8%

66.7%

0.015

Endocrine and metabolic diseases (yes)

67.4%

78.4%

74.2%

0.350

Neurological and psychiatric diseases (yes)

2.3%

3.9%

6.1%

0.503

Gastrointestinal diseases (yes)

3.5%

2.0%

6.1%

0.507

Smoking habits

   

0.603

 Not smoker

83.7%

86.8%

77.3%

 

 Ex-smoker

10.5%

5.7%

13.6%

 

 Smoker

5.8%

7.5%

9.1%

 

Marital status

   

0.165

 Single

4.9%

0.0%

4.7%

 

 Married

80.5%

86.3%

68.8%

 

 Divorced/separated

4.9%

3.9%

3.1%

 

 Widowed

9.8%

9.8%

23.4%

 

Living alone (yes)

11.0%

9.8%

23.1%

0.063

Level of education

   

0.450

 No education

1.2%

0.0%

3.1%

 

 Primary

54.9%

68.6%

64.6%

 

 Secondary

32.9%

25.5%

21.5%

 

 Tertiary

11.0%

5.9%

10.8%

 

PASE (total score)

111.91 ± 50.39

114.94 ± 46.1

102.3 ± 55.37

0.218

Self-evaluation of health status

   

0.044

 Excellent/very good

8.5%

6.0%

1.6%

 

 Good

43.9%

36.0%

26.6%

 

 Fair/poor

47.6%

58.0%

71.9%

 

SF-36 Physical functioning

73.66 ± 27.76

68.1 ± 21.73

56.41 ± 26.75a

<0.001

SF-36 Role-physical

64.51 ± 39.9

49.0 ± 41.33

48.05 ± 42.56

0.053

SF-36 Bodily pain

63.17 ± 24.18

50.64 ± 25.37c

49.12 ± 23.39d

0.001

SF-36 General health

54.83 ± 19.15

48.96 ± 20.93

45.25 ± 18.64c

0.013

SF-36 Vitality

55.71 ± 17.53

50.40 ± 23.88

47.38 ± 18.07c

0.036

SF-36 Social functioning

70.43 ± 20.37

66.50 ± 28.06

62.69 ± 22.48

0.135

SF-36 Role-emotional

71.54 ± 37.81

65.33 ± 42.57

54.69 ± 42.98c

0.048

SF-36 Mental health

63.0 ± 16.23

62.40 ± 22.74

57.90 ± 19.30

0.248

SF-36 Physical component summary PCS-36

44.57 ± 10.75

39.75 ± 8.96c

38.19 ± 9.07a

<0.001

SF-36 Mental component summary- MCS-36

45.86 ± 9.03

45.33 ± 12.78

43.28 ± 10.13

0.321

LUBBEN SCALE (total score)

31.83 ± 9.08

33.16 ± 9.51

31.09 ± 10.62

0.520

HADS anxiety (total score)

6.34 ± 3.52

6.37 ± 4.05

7.22 ± 3.32

0.283

HADS depression (total score)

6.68 ± 3.7

7.45 ± 4.39

7.73 ± 3.85

0.265

  1. `Note: Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± standard deviation; categorical data as percentage. Chi-square test or one-way ANOVA as appropriate; Bonferroni post-hoc test following ANOVA:
  2. ap < 0.001 vs Normal weight.
  3. bp < 0.001 vs Overweight.
  4. cp < 0.05 vs Normal weight.
  5. dp < 0.01 vs Normal weight.
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