Estimated physical activity in Bavaria, Germany, and its implications for obesity risk: Results from the BVS-II Study

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants¹.

	Total (n = 893)		Women (n = 528)		Men (n = 365)		p-value²
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (years)							0.713
<18	48	7.4	20	6.4	28	8.6
18-<30	99	13.5	65	14.0	34	12.9
30-<40	196	21.0	125	20.2	71	21.8
40-<50	182	19.0	119	19.7	63	18.2
50-<65	228	23.8	129	23.5	99	24.2
≥65	140	15.2	70	16.2	70	14.1
Body mass index (kg/m ² )							<0.001
underweight (<18.5)	35	4.2	25	5.9	10	2.4
normal (18.5-<25)	402	44.9	265	49.3	137	40.0
overweight (25-<30)	312	34.1	154	27.4	158	41.5
obese (≥30)	144	16.6	84	17.1	60	16.1
grade I (30-<35)	99	11.2	54	10.5	45	12.0
grade II (35-<40)	31	3.6	17	3.3	14	3.8
grade III (≥40)	14	1.9	13	3.5	1	0.2
Socioeconomic status							0.001
low	133	13.6	81	14.3	52	12.9
low-medium	230	25.5	129	25.7	101	25.4
medium	262	29.3	163	29.9	99	28.7
medium-high	178	21.2	118	24.0	60	18.2
high	90	10.3	37	6.2	53	14.8
Employment							<0.001
employed	429	48.1	241	41.2	188	55.6
homemaker	152	13.9	151	26.5	1	0.2
student/articled	78	12.3	35	10.3	43	14.6
unemployed/other	36	4.1	14	2.2	22	6.2
retired	198	21.5	87	19.7	111	23.4
Smoking status							<0.001
never	473	52.3	320	61.2	153	42.6
former	183	21.0	83	16.0	100	26.3
current	236	26.7	124	22.6	112	31.1
missing Data	1	0.1	1	0.2	0	0.0
Marital status							<0.001
single	176	21.6	82	17.1	94	26.6
married/cohabiting	578	67.0	337	65.8	241	68.4
divorced/widowed	138	11.3	108	17.1	30	5.0
missing data	1	0.0	1	0.0	0	0.0
	mean ± SD
Height (cm)	169.6 ± 9.1		164.0 ± 6.7		175.5 ± 7.3		<0.001
Weight (kg)	74.3 ± 15.6		68.1 ± 13.9		81.0 ± 14.6		<0.001
BMI (kg/m ² )	25.8 ± 5.2		25.5 ± 5.8		26.2 ± 4.3		0.038
BMR (kcal)	1601 ± 253		1419 ± 132		1801 ± 197		<0.001
Energy intake (kcal) ³	2001 ± 667		1704 ± 529		2326 ± 652		<0.001

¹weighted for deviation from the underlying Bavarian population (sex, age, region)
²Chi-Square test or independent-samples t-test for gender differences
³3 × 24-hour dietary recall

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