Socioeconomic disparities in abdominal obesity over the life course in China

Table 1 General characteristic of Chinese adult population from the 1993–2011 CHNS^a

^aValues presented as numbers for arbitrary values and as mean ± SD or % for other variables
^bGender was a dummy variable coded 100 for males and 0 for females
^cEthnicity/race was a dummy variable coded 100 for ethnic Han and 0 for other minorities
^dMarital status was a dummy variable coded 100 for Married and 0 for others
^ePer capita net annual household income was calculated at the household level for each survey year and inflated to 2011
^fCommunity urbanicity was measured at the community level on a 12-component continuous scale ranging from 0 to 120 with higher values corresponding to higher levels of urbanicity

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