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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of subjects according to obesity

From: Interactions with the MC4R rs17782313 variant, mental stress and energy intake and the risk of obesity in Genome Epidemiology Study

 

Categories

Normal (BMI < 23)

Overweight (23 = <BMI < 25)

Obesity (BMI > =25)

Age

30–45

966 (41.0)

579 (24.6)

813 (34.5)

45–65

2295 (43.0)

1124 (21.0)

1924 (36.0)

65+

648 (56.8)

168 (14.7)

325 (18.5)***

Gender (male %)

1855 (44.4)

936 (20.1)

1669 (35.8)**

Income (USD/month)

<1000

1644 (53.8)

516 (16.9)

896 (29.3)

1000 ~ 2000

1107 (24.8)

535 (21.2)

885 (35.0)

2000 ~ 4000

899 (36.8)

614 (25.2)

928 (28.0)

>4000

171 (26.0)

187 (28.4)

201 (45.7)***

Drinking (g/week)

No

2407 (44.9)

1095 (20.4)

1863 (34.7)

Moderate (1 ~ 25 g)

917 (43.1)

488 (22.9)

725 (34.0)

Heavy (>25 g)

446 (41.2)

238 (22.0)

398 (36.8)*

Smoking

Non

2216 (43.1)

1080 (21.0)

1847 (35.9)

Past

523 (38.6)

307 (22.7)

524 (38.7)

Current

1102 (49.5)

469 (21.1)

657 (29.5)***

Total activity

Little

1537 (37.7)

943 (23.1)

1597 (39.2)

Moderate

831 (39.7)

496 (23.7)

767 (36.6)

Heavy

1354 (58.0)

388 (16.6)

591 (25.3)***

Stress

A little

2652 (44.6)

1238 (20.8)

2058 (34.6)

Moderate

1109 (43.3)

574 (22.4)

877 (34.3)

Heavy

148 (44.3)

59 (17.7)

127 (38.0)

MC4R rs17782313

TT

2302 (59.0)

1389 (35.6)

214 (5.5)

CT

1039 (55.6)

711 (38.0)

119 (6.4)

CC

1692 (55.4)

1146 (37.5)

218 (7.1)**

  1. N (row %)
  2. *Significantly different in χ2 test at P < 0.05. ** P < 0.01. *** P < 0.001