Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study sample, by gender and BMI–category, numbers (%)a
| Â | Male | Female | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal weight | Overweight | Category I Obesity | Category II/ III Obesity | Normal weight | Overweight | Category I Obesity | Category II/ III Obesity | ||
(n=7 595) | (n =7 211) | (n =1 516) | (n =305) | (n =9 810) | (n =4 566) | (n=1 206) | (n =326) | ||
Age | 16-24 | 1 693 (22) | 506 (7) | 86 (6) | 19 (6) | 1 671 (17) | 325 (7) | 68 (6) | 17 (5) |
25-44 | 2 498 (33) | 2 453 (34) | 551 (36) | 125 (41) | 3 546 (36) | 1 348 (30) | 359 (30) | 125 (38) | |
45-66 | 2 270 (30) | 3 131 (43) | 678 (45) | 128 (42) | 3 237 (33) | 1 948 (43) | 530 (44) | 139 (43) | |
67-79 | 823 (11) | 915 (13) | 181 (12) | 30 (10) | 953 (8) | 702 (15) | 208 (17) | 29 (9) | |
80+ | 311 (4) | 206 (3) | 20 (1) | 3 (1) | 403 (4) | 243 (5) | 41 (3) | 16 (5) | |
Marital status | Unmarried | 3 600 (47) | 2 327 (32) | 485 (32) | 139 (46) | 3 773 (38) | 1 191 (26) | 334 (28) | 94 (29) |
Married | 3 278 (43) | 4 183 (58) | 872 (58) | 144 (47) | 4 463 (46) | 2 472 (54) | 604 (50) | 169 (52) | |
Widow/ widower | 198 (3) | 167 (2) | 38 (3) | 6 (2) | 658 (7) | 439 (10) | 145 (12) | 26 (8) | |
Divorced/ separated | 517 (7) | 533 (7) | 120 (8) | 16 (5) | 913 (9) | 464 (10) | 123 (10) | 37 (11) | |
Education | < Upper secondary | 1 528 (21) | 1 249 (18) | 305 (21) | 81 (27) | 1 806 (19) | 978 (22) | 291 (25) | 81 (25) |
Upper secondary | 3 488 (49) | 3 815 (54) | 842 (57) | 151 (51) | 4 136 (44) | 2 109 (47) | 547 (46) | 165 (51) | |
Higher educ. (short) | 1 376 (19) | 1 386 (20) | 252 (17) | 50 (17) | 2 778 (30) | 1 191 (27) | 304 (26) | 67 (21) | |
Higher educ. (long) | 775 (11) | 612 (9) | 81 (5) | 16 (5) | 65 (7) | 189 (4) | 39 (3) | 8 (2) | |
Geographic region | East | 3 675 (48) | 3 320 (46) | 704 (46) | 148 (49) | 4 939 (50) | 2 176 (48) | 555 (46) | 151 (46) |
West | 1 300 (17) | 1 241 (17) | 256 (17) | 37 (12) | 1 609 (16) | 754 (17) | 201 (17) | 49 (15) | |
South | 1 073 (14) | 1 075 (15) | 210 (14) | 46 (15) | 1 393 (14) | 607 (13) | 163 (14) | 47 (14) | |
Mid & North | 1 547 (20) | 1 575 (22) | 346 (23) | 74 (24) | 1 869 (19) | 1 029 (23) | 287 (24) | 79 (24) | |
Smoking status | Daily | 1 669 (25) | 1 541 (24) | 291 (22) | 67 (24) | 2 006 (23) | 945 (23) | 251 (23) | 62 (21) |
Occasionally | 773 (12) | 638 (10) | 138 (10) | 19 (7) | 977 (11) | 406 (10) | 67 (6) | 21 (7) | |
Non-smoker | 4 293 (64) | 4 333 (67) | 915 (68) | 188 (69) | 5 731 (66) | 2 742 (67) | 778 (71) | 206 (71) | |
Study period | Years 2002-2003 | 1 655 (22) | 1 415 (20) | 242 (16) | 43 (14) | 2 061 (21) | 878 (19) | 219 (18) | 45 (14) |
Years 2005-2006 | 1 571 (21) | 1 466 (20) | 266 (18) | 52 (17) | 2 005 (20) | 891 (20) | 207 (17) | 63 (19) | |
Years 2008-2009 | 1 398 (18) | 1 372 (19) | 297 (20) | 53 (17) | 1 915 (20) | 872 (19) | 216 (18) | 58 (18) | |
Years 2012-2013 | 1 266 (17) | 1 190 (17) | 268 (18) | 47 (15) | 1 626 (17) | 805 (18) | 193 (16) | 54 (17) | |
Years 2015-2016 | 1 705 (22) | 1 768 (25) | 443 (29) | 110 (36) | 2 203 (22) | 1 120 (25) | 371 (31) | 106 (33) | |