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Table 1 Study population characteristics

From: Inequality of weight status in urban Cuba: 2001–2010

Variables

2001

2010

Mean differences

Mean/%

SD

n

Mean/%

SD

n

Bodyweight weight

 BMI (kg/m2)

24.795

4.919

20118

25.354

5.046

5077

0.559***

 WC (cm)

82.068

12.236

20365

84.491

12.778

5131

2.423***

 General obesity

0.125

0.331

20118

0.163

0.370

5077

0.038***

 Abdominal obesity

0.405

0.491

20365

0.484

0.500

5131

0.079***

Gender

 Male

0.470

0.500

21510

0.456

0.498

5685

− 0.015**

Age group

 18–39

0.473

0.500

21510

0.353

0.478

5685

− 0.120***

 40–59

0.325

0.468

21510

0.385

0.487

5685

0.060***

 60+

0.202

0.401

21510

0.262

0.440

5685

0.061***

Race

 White

0.683

0.465

21510

0.662

0.473

5685

− 0.022***

 Mulatto

0.208

0.406

21510

0.229

0.420

5685

0.021***

 Black

0.109

0.311

21510

0.110

0.312

5685

0.001

Marital status

 Single

0.181

0.385

21510

0.235

0.424

5685

0.054***

 Married/living together

0.642

0.479

21510

0.595

0.491

5685

− 0.047***

 Widowed/separated/divorced

0.176

0.381

21510

0.170

0.376

5685

− 0.006

Education

 Low

0.276

0.447

21510

0.178

0.382

5685

− 0.098***

 Middle

0.428

0.495

21510

0.432

0.495

5685

0.004

 High

0.297

0.457

21510

0.391

0.488

5685

0.094***

  1. BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference. Education level: low (illiterate/primary school), medium (secondary school/qualified worker/technical school), and high (university). ** and *** indicate p < 0.05 and p < 0.01, respectively, in the independent t tests for mean differences between two different sampling periods