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Table 1 Participants' characteristics

From: The validity of self-reported body mass index in a population-based osteoarthritis study

 

Participants

Participants

 

With OA*

Without OA^

 

n = 449

n = 151

Sociodemographics and covariates

  

Age, mean (SD)

64.6 (8.6)

61.8 (8.9)

Females, n (%)

321 (71.5)

91 (60.3)

Education status, n (%)

  

primary/upper secondary school

318 (72.3)

98 (67.6)

>1 year college/university

122 (27.7)

47 (32.4)

IPAQ, low physical activity level, n (%)

112 (33.5)

37 (30.8)

Smoker, n (%)

64 (14.4)

21 (13.9)

SF-36 mental component score [0–100], mean (SD)

48.7 (10.9)

47.4 (10.9)

Months from self-report to measurement, mean (SD)

7.9 (4.3)

7.9 (4.0)

Anthropometrics

  

Self-reported data

  

Height (cm), mean (SD)

169.6 (8.6)

171.2 (9.2)

Weight (kg), mean (SD)

78.0 (15.7)

78.9 (16.1)

BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

27.0 (4.5)

26.8 (4.2)

Normalweight, n (%)

163 (36.3)

58 (38.4)

Overweight, n (%)

189 (42.1)

67 (44.4)

Obese, n (%)

97 (21.6)

26 (17.2)

Measured data

  

Height (cm), mean (SD)

168.2 (8.6)

170.0 (9.3)

Weight (kg), mean (SD)

80.4 (16.4)

80.0 (16.3)

BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

28.3 (4.9)

27.6 (4.4)

Normalweight, n (%)

126 (28.1)

47 (31.1)

Overweight, n (%)

166 (37.0)

62 (41.1)

Obese, n (%)

157 (35.0)

42 (27.8)

OA site, n (%)

  

Single site OA

285 (63.5)

 

Knee OA

69 (15.4)

 

Hip OA

42 (9.4)

 

Hand OA

174 (38.8)

 

Multisite OA

164 (36.5)

 

Knees + hips

21 (4.7)

 

Knees + hands

64 (14.3)

 

Hips + hands

59 (13.1)

 

Hips + knees + hands

20 (4.5)

 
  1. Abbreviations: ACR American college of Rheumatology, BMI Body Mass Index, cm centimeter, IPAQ International Physical Activity Questionnaire, kg kilograms, m meter, OA osteoarthritis, SD standard deviation, SF-36 Short-Form 36. *Participants with clinical OA according to the ACR-criteria in the knees, hips and/or hands. ^ Participants without clinical OA according to the ACR-criteria in any joint.