Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants
From: The psychological legacy of past obesity and early mortality: evidence from two longitudinal studies
Variables | NHANES | HRS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 29,047 | %a | n = 11,998 | %a | |
Age | ||||
 Min, max |  | 18; 80 |  | 50; 107 |
 Mean (SD) |  | 46.52 (17.27) |  | 65.17 (10.09) |
Sex | ||||
 Female | 14,405 | 49.26 | 7093 | 54.83 |
 Male | 14,642 | 50.74 | 4905 | 45.17 |
Ethnicity | ||||
 Non-White | 12,057 | 32.59 | 2311 | 14.67 |
 White | 16,990 | 67.41 | 9617 | 85.33 |
Highest past BMI | ||||
 Non-obesity | 14,886 | 52.12 | 6779 | 57.30 |
 Obesity | 14,181 | 47.88 | 5181 | 42.70 |
Current/baseline BMI | ||||
 Non-obesity | 17,799 | 62.07 | 6554 | 57.65 |
 Obesity | 11,248 | 37.93 | 4774 | 42.35 |
Death status | ||||
 No | 27,062 | 93.17 | 8497 | 76.11 |
 Yes | 1985 | 6.83 | 3501 | 23.89 |