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Table 4 Cell Counts (and Weighteda Percentage) of Outcomes within Each Weight Class in the NHANES Dataset

From: Tests of trend between disease outcomes and ordinal covariates discretized from underlying continuous variables: simulation studies and applications to NHANES 2007–2008

Outcome

Underweight

Normal Weight

Overweight

Obese

All

Diabetes Status

 No Diabetes

92 (99.7)

1406 (95.3)

1699 (93.0)

1563 (81.8)

4760 (90.0)

 Diabetes or Pre/Borderline

1 (0.3)

105 (4.7)

219 (7.0)

460 (18.2)

785 (10.0)

Blood Pressure Status

 No High Blood Pressure

74 (83.5)

1153 (81.1)

1275 (70.4)

1050 (57.1)

3552 (69.4)

 High Blood Pressure

19 (16.5)

359 (18.9)

642 (29.6)

974 (42.9)

1994 (30.6)

  1. aWeighted percentages take into account the sampling design used in NHANES