International study of perceived neighbourhood environmental attributes and Body Mass Index: IPEN Adult study in 12 countries

Table 1 Overall and site-specific sample characteristics: socio-demographics, body mass index (BMI), and weight status

	ALL SITES	AUS	BEL	BRA	COL	CZE		DEN	HK	MEX	NZ				ESP	UK	USA
	ALL SITES	AUS	BEL	BRA	COL	Site A	Site B		Studies 1 and 2		Site C	Site D	Site E	Site F	ESP	UK	Site G	Site H
Overall N^a	14222	2650	1166	697	963	330	167	642	970	677	511	512	496	495	904	843	1287	912
Mean age (SD)	42 (12.8)	44 (12.3)	43 (12.6)	41 (13.2)	40 (13.7)	38 (14.7)	34 (13.1)	39 (13.9)	43 (12.3)	42 (12.6)	41 (11.8)	41 (11.8)	39 (12.6)	42 (12.6)	39 (14.2)	43 (13.3)	44 (11.0)	47 (10.7)
Gender, %men	43	36	48	47	36	37	40	43	39	45	36	39	49	44	45	44	55	48
Education, %
Less than HS	18	24	4	29	36	22	17	8	40	43	4	5	1	11	7	34	1	2
HS graduate	38	30	35	32	42	46	57	44	23	29	58	64	47	57	35	52	36	30
College or more	44	46	61	39	22	32	26	48	37	28	38	31	52	32	58	14	63	68
Work status, % working	74	71	80	78	58	77	84	75	63	72	78	84	87	80	72	64	81	83
Marital status, % couple	60	57	73	58	53	58	47	65	59	65	70	74	57	55	53	45	63	60
Mean BMI km/m² (SD)	25.7 (5.2)	26.2 (5.9)	24.3 (3.9)	26.1 (4.5)	24.7 (4.1)	24.4 (3.8)	24.0 (3.4)	24.1 (3.7)	22.1 (3.3)	28.0 (5.0)	26.9 (5.7)	27.4 (5.6)	26.4 (5.1)	27.4 (6.1)	23.9 (3.6)	27.6 (5.6)	26.6 (5.5)	27.2 (5.7)
Weight status, %
Underweight	3	2	3	2	4	3	3	2	10	1	2	1	0	1	3	1	1	1
Normal	49	47	60	43	56	59	61	65	71	27	42	37	44	40	65	36	45	37
Overweight	31	32	29	37	29	29	30	27	16	41	32	37	39	32	26	35	34	40
Obese	17	19	8	18	11	9	6	6	3	31	24	25	17	27	6	28	20	22

Notes: ^aN for some variables is reduced due to missing data. Site A: Olomouc, B: Hradec Kralove, C: North Shore, D: Waitakere, E: Wellington, F: Christchurch, G: Seattle, H: Baltimore
Missing data: age (1.4 %), gender (0.3 %), education (1,2 %), work status (0.4 %), marital status (1.2 %), BMI (3.1 %)

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