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Table 1 Weighted characteristics of the study population according to the tertiles of BRI a

From: Association of the body roundness index with chronic diarrhea and chronic constipation: findings based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2010 data

Characteristics

Total

T1(< 4.26)

T2 (4.26–6.02)

T3 (> 6.02)

P-value

Number

11,235

3745

3745

3745

 

Age (years)

46 (34,59)

39 (28,51)

49 (37,60)

52 (40,64)

< 0.001

Sex (%)

    

< 0.001

 Male

5572 (48.25)

1917 (47.87)

2088 (54.04)

1567 (42.19)

 

 Female

5663 (51.75)

1828 (52.13)

1657 (45.96)

2178 (57.81)

 

Race (%)

    

< 0.001

 Non-Hispanic White

5870 (72.80)

2096 (74.79)

1906 (72.29)

1868 (70.72)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

2184 (10.62)

752 (10.05)

653 (9.23)

779 (12.96)

 

 Mexican American

1895 (7.58)

440 (5.23)

751 (9.30)

704 (8.76)

 

 Other Race

1286 (9.00)

457 (9.93)

435 (9.18)

394 (7.55)

 

Educational Attainment (%)

    

< 0.001

 High school or less

5621 (41.17)

1555 (33.28)

1942 (42.84)

2124 (49.79)

 

 More than high school

5614 (58.83)

2190 (66.72)

1803 (57.16)

1621 (50.21)

 

Marital Status (%)

    

< 0.001

 Married or living with partner

7002 (64.55)

2223 (60.99)

2524 (69.16)

2255 (64.08)

 

 Living alone

4233 (35.45)

1522 (39.01)

1221 (30.84)

1490 (35.92)

 

PIR (%)

    

< 0.001

 Low

2103 (12.64)

674 (12.12)

660 (11.57)

769 (14.53)

 

 Middle

6069 (49.31)

1895 (45.78)

2036 (48.65)

2138 (54.75)

 

 High

3063 (38.05)

1176 (42.10)

1049 (39.78)

838 (30.72)

 

Smoking status (%)

    

< 0.001

 Never

5869 (53.04)

1982 (54.34)

1927 (51.33)

1960 (53.25)

 

 Now

2411 (21.82)

1005 (25.20)

765 (21.02)

641 (18.22)

 

 Former

2955 (25.14)

758 (20.46)

1053 (27.64)

1144 (28.53)

 

Drinking status (%)

    

< 0.001

 Never

1411 (10.32)

405 (9.30)

429 (9.82)

577 (12.25)

 

 Mild

3641 (35.21)

1286 (36.78)

1239 (36.16)

1116 (32.04)

 

 Moderate

1668 (16.56)

650 (19.20)

537 (15.68)

481 (14.02)

 

 Heavy

2245 (21.35)

881 (23.80)

776 (21.86)

588 (17.52)

 

 Former

2270 (16.56)

523 (10.91)

764 (16.48)

983 (24.17)

 

Hypertension (%)

    

< 0.001

 No

6478 (63.85)

2842 (80.03)

2154 (62.22)

1482 (44.15)

 

 Yes

4757 (36.15)

903 (19.97)

1591 (37.78)

2263 (55.85)

 

DM (%)

    

< 0.001

 No

9272 (87.66)

3548 (96.63)

3182 (90.03)

2542 (73.04)

 

 Yes

1963 (12.34)

197 (3.37)

563 (9.97)

1203 (26.96)

 

CVD (%)

    

< 0.001

 No

9972 (91.89)

3528 (95.92)

3315 (91.46)

3129 (87.01)

 

 Yes

1263 (8.11)

217 (4.08)

430 (8.54)

616 (12.99)

 

Diarrhea (%)

    

< 0.001

 No

10,382 (93.25)

3554 (95.20)

3485 (94.00)

3343 (89.79)

 

 Yes

853 (6.75)

191 (4.80)

260 (6.00)

402 (10.21)

 

Constipation (%)

    

0.034

 No

10,403 (92.93)

3426 (91.92)

3472 (92.85)

3505 (94.37)

 

 Yes

832 (7.07)

319 (8.08)

273 (7.15)

240 (5.63)

 

BMI (kg/m 2 )

27.59 (24.08, 32.07)

23.33 (21.30, 25.13)

28.28 (26.59, 30.14)

35.21 (32.18, 38.99)

< 0.001

WC (cm)

96.9 (86.4, 108.0)

83.5 (77.7, 89.3)

98.8 (94.2, 103.6)

115.2 (108.1, 123.3)

< 0.001

Total energy intake (kcal)

1974.5 (1527.5, 2557.5)

2032.5 (1595.5, 2679.5)

1972 (1526.0, 2566.5)

1905.5 (1428.0, 2407.5)

< 0.001

HEI-2015

52.45 (43.69, 62.02)

53.46 (44.22, 63.24)

51.94 (43.70, 62.02)

51.44 (42.86, 60.73)

< 0.001

  1. BRI body roundness index, T tertiles, PIR family poverty income ratio, DM diabetes mellitus, CVD cardiovascular disease, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, HEI-2015 healthy eating index-2015
  2. a Values are weighted medians (quartiles 1, quartiles 3) or number of participants (weighted percentages) unless otherwise indicated