Table 2 Health-related quality(EQ-5D) of life according to BMI categorizations
Variables | Men | Women | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal (n = 12,147) | Underweight (n = 1,208) | Pre-obesity (n = 9,249) | Obesity (n = 8,150) | Normal (n = 17,048) | Underweight (n = 2,360) | Pre-obesity (n = 9,725) | Obesity (n = 10,813) | |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Mobility | ||||||||
No problems | 76.5 | 56.5 | 81.4 | 77.7 | 63.8 | 50.0 | 64.4 | 55.3 |
Moderate problems | 22.2 | 40.1 | 18.1 | 21.7 | 34.7 | 45.9 | 34.7 | 43.5 |
Severe problems | 1.2 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
p-value | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | ||||||
Self-care | ||||||||
No problems | 90.7 | 79.7 | 93.9 | 92.7 | 86.6 | 75.0 | 88.7 | 86.4 |
Moderate problems | 7.9 | 16.2 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 11.6 | 20.2 | 10.2 | 12.3 |
Severe problems | 1.4 | 4.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
p-value | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | ||||||
Usual activities | ||||||||
No problems | 82.2 | 64.3 | 87.0 | 85.2 | 73.0 | 58.2 | 74.9 | 70.4 |
Moderate problems | 15.9 | 30.3 | 12.0 | 13.6 | 24.8 | 36.0 | 23.9 | 27.5 |
Severe problems | 1.9 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
p-value | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | ||||||
Pain/Discomfort | ||||||||
No problems | 61.3 | 47.0 | 66.7 | 62.1 | 41.0 | 31.5 | 40.8 | 35.9 |
Moderate problems | 34.9 | 45.1 | 30.6 | 34.6 | 51.8 | 56.9 | 52.5 | 56.1 |
Severe problems | 3.8 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 7.2 | 11.7 | 6.7 | 8.0 |
p-value | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | ||||||
Anxiety/Depression | ||||||||
No problems | 84.7 | 73.2 | 87.5 | 87.0 | 74.9 | 64.5 | 75.7 | 75.0 |
Moderate problems | 14.1 | 23.4 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 23.6 | 32.2 | 22.8 | 23.4 |
Severe problems | 1.3 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
p-value | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | ||||||
EQ-5D index* | 0.90 | 0.83 | 0.93 | 0.91 | 0.85 | 0.79 | 0.86 | 0.84 |
p-value | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | ||||||