Table 1.

Unweighted and weighted distributions of baseline demographic and clinical variables of study participants (n = 3068), Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project, 1991–199718.

VariableCategoriesUnweightedWeighted
Count%%*95% CI
Age group, yrs45–54100832.933.831.9, 35.6
55–6488528.827.125.8, 28.4
65–7479425.926.525.1, 28.0
75+38112.412.611.4, 13.8
SexMen116237.942.641.2, 44.0
Women190662.157.456.0, 58.8
Race/ethnicityCaucasian206967.481.579.4, 83.5
African-American99932.618.516.5, 20.6
Body mass index kg/m2< 18.5 (underweight)351.21.10.8, 1.3
18.5–24.9 (normal)74924.525.123.9, 26.4
25.0–29.9 (overweight)116038.039.538.1, 40.9
≥ 30 (obese)111236.434.332.9, 35.8
  • * Weighted to the 1990 target population.

  • World Health Organization categories31; values for 12 participants are missing.