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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of participants by body mass index

From: Relationship of body mass index with frailty and all-cause mortality among middle-aged and older adults

Characteristics

Body mass index (kg/m2)

NHANES (N =6062)

SHARE (N =23,875)

18.5–24.9

25.0–29.9

30.0–34.9

≥35.0

18.5–24.9

25.0–29.9

30.0–34.9

≥35.0

N (%)

1656 (27.6)

2339 (37.7)

1264 (20.6)

803 (14.1)

9397 (39.4)

10,197 (42.7)

3371 (14.1)

910 (3.8)

Age (year), mean ±SD

64.3 ±11.2

64.8 ±10.3

62.7 ±9.6

60.9 ±8.4

65.1 ±10.7

65.0 ±9.7

65.1 ±9.5

63.2 ±9.0

Sex, female, N (%)

899 (62.0)

1002 (45.8)

621 (46.7)

514 (64.3)

5672 (61.6)

4774 (47.6)

1843 (56.0)

605 (67.1)

Education, N (%)

 Less than high school

527 (20.5)

774 (20.5)

427 (21.9)

272 (20.7)

4396 (47.5)

5495 (53.3)

2037 (60.8)

579 (63.8)

 High school

400 (26.0)

542 (25.9)

323 (27.3)

193 (28.1)

2529 (28.9)

2656 (28.9)

848 (27.4)

205 (24.2)

 Some college/associated education

369 (24.3)

564 (28.7)

284 (26.4)

226 (32.8)

289 (1.9)

228 (1.6)

81 (1.4)

22 (1.2)

 College graduate or more

355 (29.1)

454 (24.8)

229 (24.2)

112 (18.3)

2183 (21.7)

1818 (16.2)

405 (10.4)

104 (10.8)

Annual household income (USD), N (%)

 0–19,999

449 (20.6)

534 (16.0)

330 (18.8)

203 (20.8)

2644 (31.3)

3229 (34.2)

1249 (40.8)

382 (45.9)

 20,000–44,999

505 (30.3)

772 (32.0)

383 (31.7)

268 (33.2)

2909 (32.7)

3196 (33.5)

1037 (33.1)

295 (32.4)

 45,000–74,999

287 (22.5)

436 (24.9)

240 (23.6)

152 (25.0)

2100 (20.1)

2151 (19.2)

639 (15.8)

133 (13.7)

 ≥75,000

283 (26.6))

421 (27.1)

214 (25.9)

121 (21.0)

1743 (15.9)

1621 (13.1)

446 (10.4)

101 (8.0)

Marital status, N (%)

 Married

963 (63.5)

1529 (69.9)

794 (67.9)

473 (64.4)

6587 (64.1)

7640 (69.9)

2423 (65.7)

610 (59.9)

 Widowed

362 (16.0)

441 (14.6)

234 (15.3)

133 (11.9)

1483 (19.2)

1432 (17.1)

561 (21.1)

146 (21.2)

 Divorced or separated

248 (15.9)

289 (12.6)

186 (13.3)

144 (17.3)

753 (8.7)

660 (6.9)

231 (7.2)

99 (11.3)

 Never married

81 (4.5)

77 (2.7)

49 (3.2)

53 (6.4)

573 (8.0)

466 (6.2)

157 (6.0)

55 (7.6)

Full-time working, N (%)

534 (43.4)

860 (48.2)

455 (47.5)

300 (46.7)

2878 (29.1)

2938 (26.3)

817 (20.4)

213 (20.3)

Smoking status, N (%)

 Never

772 (47.0)

1033 (44.6)

583 (45.9)

393 (48.5)

4998 (56.2)

5258 (54.5)

1851 (59.8)

526 (60.3)

 Former

531 (30.8)

986 (40.9)

491 (37.8)

314 (39.0)

4399 (43.8)

4939 (45.5)

1520 (40.2)

384 (39.7)

 Current

350 (22.2)

317 (14.5)

190 (16.3)

94 (12.5)

Frailty index score (baseline), median (IQR) and mean ±SD

0.11 (0.06–0.20)

0.14 ±0.12

0.12 (0.06–0.20)

0.15 ±0.11

0.13 (0.08–0.23)

0.17 ±0.12

0.18 (0.11–0.29)

0.21 ±0.13

0.11 (0.06–0.19)

0.16 ±0.13

0.12 (0.06–0.19)

0.17 ±0.13

0.16 (0.09–0.26)

0.21 ±0.14

0.20 (0.19–0.32)

0.24 ±0.15

Frailty index score (follow-up), median (IQR) and mean ±SD

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-

-

-

0.13 (0.07–0.23)

0.18 ±0.15

0.13 (0.07–0.23)

0.21 ±0.14

0.20 (0.11–0.32)

0.25 ±0.16

0.26 (0.16–0.36)

0.29 ±0.15

10-year mortality rate

655 (28.8)

790 (24.1)

363 (22.8)

225 (25.3)

1630 (17.1)

1579 (14.4)

573 (17.5)

156 (17.5)

  1. The percentages and mean values are weighted
  2. kg kilogram, m meter, USD United States Dollar (1 USD = 0.89 Euro)