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Table 2 Characteristics of the obese (BMI ≥ 30) participants

From: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and metabolically healthy obesity in Europe: a collaborative analysis of ten large cohort studies

Country & study

Estonia

Finland

Germany

Italy

The Netherlands

Norway

UK

 

EGCUT

DILGOM

HeaIth2000

KORA

CHRIS

MICROS

LifeLines

PREVEND

HUNT2

NCDS

Total number of participants (N)

8,930

3,685

6,022

2,987

1,117

1,060

63,995

7,216

61,199

7,306

Number with BMI ≥ 30 (%)

2,053 (23.0)

946 (25.7)

1,342 (22.3)

786 (26.3)

130 (11.6)

157 (14.8)

9,934 (15.5)

1,137 (15.8)

9,922 (16.2)

1,670 (22.9)

Gender (M (%)/F)

698 (34.0)/1,355

399 (42.2)/547

573 (42.7)/769

373 (47.5)/413

60 (46.2)/70

57 (36.3)/100

3,813 (38.4)/6,121

514 (45.2)/623

4,104 (41.4)/5,818

874 (52.3)/796

Age (yrs)

52.6 ± 14.1

57.3 ± 11.6

54.5 ± 12.8

59.6 ± 12.0

53.6 ± 12.9

54.9 ± 15.2

47.4 ± 11.7

53.5 ± 11.7

53.5 ± 15.4

44.0 ± 0

BMI (kg/m2)

34.4 ± 4.1

34.2 ± 4.1

33.6 ± 3.4

33.8 ± 3.7

33.1 ± 3.4

33.6 ± 4.5

33.6 ± 3.6

33.2 ± 3.3

33.2 ± 3.1

33.9 ± 3.8

Waist circumference (cm)

107 ± 12

110 ± 11

108 ± 10

109 ± 11

NA

NA

108 ± 10

105 ± 11

101 ± 10

106 ± 10

HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)

1.52 ± 0.33

1.30 ± 0.33

1.17 ± 0.32

1.31 ± 0.31

1.54 ± 0.45

1.54 ± 0.34

1.28 ± 0.33

1.16 ± 0.34

1.24 ± 0.35

1.38 ± 0.32

Men

1.35 ± 0.28

1.15 ± 0.26

1.05 ± 0.27

1.21 ± 0.29

1.31 ± 0.32

1.36 ± 0.25

1.13 ± 0.26

1.01 ± 0.27

1.10 ± 0.29

1.30 ± 0.30

Women

1.60 ± 0.32

1.42 ± 0.33

1.26 ± 0.32

1.40 ± 0.30

1.74 ± 0.45

1.65 ± 0.34

1.38 ± 0.33

1.29 ± 0.33

1.35 ± 0.36

1.47 ± 0.31

Triglycerides (mmol/I)

2.10 ± 1.16

1.82 ± 1.01

2.02 ± 1.22

1.77 ± 1.09

1.53 ± 0.99

1.87 ± 1.27

1.54 ± 1.02

1.88 ± 1.33

2.35 ± 1.39

2.17 ± 1.63

Blood glucose (mmol/I)

4.8 ± 1.8

6.4 ± 1.3

5.9 ± 1.7

5.9 ± 1.2

5.6 ± 0.9

5.4 ± 1.5

5.4 ± 1.3

5.4 ± 1.6

5.9 ± 2.0

4.9 ± 1.1

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

136 ± 17

140 ± 19

142 ± 20

128 ± 18

128 ± 14

143 ± 22

133 ± 15

139 ± 20

146 ± 22

132 ± 16

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

84 ± 11

83 ± 11

87 ± 10

78 ± 10

83 ± 8

85 ± 11

77 ± 9

77 ± 10

85 ± 13

83 ± 10

Current smoking (%)

30.5

15.3

23.0

17.7

15.4

28.0

19.9

26.3

30.8

23.9

Number with MetS (M/F)

410/606

323/355

425/515

229/216

26/26

34/33

2,208/2,262

346/335

2,792/3,114

513/269

Number with MHO (M/F)

34/166

7/37

19/43

34/61

11/12

4/9

359/1,433

26/94

180/553

79/226