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Table 1 Baseline characteristics stratified by abdominal obesity categories defined by waist circumference

From: Abdominal obesity and the risk of young-onset dementia in women: a nationwide cohort study

 

Total

Waist circumference

< 75

< 85

< 95

≥ 95

N

964,536

413,249

398,540

129,472

23,275

Age, years

49.3 ± 6.0

47.7 ± 5.6

50.1 ± 5.9

51.4 ± 6.0

51.5 ± 6.1

Height, cm

156.5 ± 5.3

156.5 ± 5.2

156.5 ± 5.3

156.6 ± 5.4

157.0 ± 5.5

Weight, kg

57.8 ± 8.1

52.5 ± 5.2

59.3 ± 5.7

66.5 ± 6.7

76.7 ± 9.0

BMI, kg/m2

23.6 ± 3.1

21.4 ± 1.9

24.2 ± 2.1

27.1 ± 2.5

31.1 ± 3.4

Waist circumference, cm

76.6 ± 8.0

69.5 ± 3.6

79.0 ± 2.8

88.2 ± 2.7

99.1 ± 4.6

Smoking

     

 Never

921,469 (95.5)

394,270 (95.4)

382,016 (95.9)

123,353 (95.3)

21,830 (93.8)

 Ex

13,528 (1.4)

6,040 (1.5)

5,251 (1.3)

1,811 (1.4)

426 (1.8)

 Current

29,539 (3.1)

12,939 (3.1)

11,273 (2.8)

4,308 (3.3)

1,019 (4.4)

Alcohol consumption

     

 Non

740,543 (76.8)

312,607 (75.7)

308,092 (77.3)

101,492 (78.4)

18,352 (78.9)

 Mild

204,217 (21.2)

93,303 (22.6)

82,109 (20.6)

24,634 (19.0)

4,171 (17.9)

 Heavy

19,776 (2.1)

7,339 (1.8)

8,339 (2.1)

3,346 (2.6)

752 (3.2)

Regular exercise

174,826 (18.1)

74,801 (18.1)

74,258 (18.6)

22,203 (17.2)

3,564 (15.3)

Household income, low

253,082 (26.2)

108,999 (26.4)

104,664 (26.3)

33,374 (25.8)

6,045 (26.0)

Systolic BP, mmHg

119.7 ± 15.0

116.0 ± 13.9

121.0 ± 14.8

125.5 ± 15.3

130.0 ± 15.9

Diastolic BP, mmHg

74.6 ± 10.1

72.5 ± 9.6

75.4 ± 10.0

78.1 ± 10.2

80.9 ± 10.5

Fasting glucose, mg/dL

95.4 ± 20.4

92.1 ± 15.9

96.2 ± 20.6

101.4 ± 26.4

107.8 ± 32.8

Total cholesterol, mg/dL

199.8 ± 36.9

194.0 ± 34.9

202.6 ± 37.2

207.8 ± 38.7

209.9 ± 39.7

Triglyceride, mg/dL*

97.7 (97.6‒97.8)

83.5 (83.4‒83.7)

104.6 (104.4‒104.7)

123.0 (122.7‒123.4)

135.7 (134.8‒136.5)

HDL-C, mg/dL

59.4 ± 30.4

61.9 ± 30.1

58.2 ± 30.6

56.1 ± 29.6

55.1 ± 30.6

LDL-C, mg/dL

119.3 ± 37.9

114.6 ± 36.7

121.9 ± 37.9

125.0 ± 39.7

125.3 ± 39.0

Estimated GFR, mL/min/1.73m2

86.6 ± 28.6

87.1 ± 29.2

86.3 ± 27.8

86.0 ± 28.7

86.3 ± 31.0

Comorbidity

     

 Diabetes mellitus

56,947 (5.9)

10,924 (2.6)

25,356 (6.4)

15,897 (12.3)

4,770 (20.5)

 Hypertension

203,346 (21.1)

49,505 (12.0)

93,554 (23.5)

48,087 (37.1)

12,200 (52.4)

 Dyslipidemia

185,691 (19.3)

52,403 (12.7)

86,550 (21.7)

38,396 (29.7)

8,342 (35.8)

 CKD

48,610 (5.0)

19,828 (4.8)

20,284 (5.1)

7,082 (5.5)

1,416 (6.1)

 Depression

39,600 (4.1)

14,907 (3.6)

16,993 (4.3)

6,441 (5.0)

1,259 (5.4)

 AF

2,657 (0.3)

912 (0.2)

1,177 (0.3)

453 (0.4)

115 (0.5)

 Stroke

8,067 (0.8)

2,006 (0.5)

3,715 (0.9)

1,898 (1.5)

448 (1.9)

  1. *Geometric Mean (95% CI)
  2. #All p-values for the variables were < 0.0001
  3. Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein-cholesterol; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; CKD, chronic kidney disease; AF, atrial fibrillation