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Table 1
Baseline characteristics between the weight loss group and the non-weight loss group.
| Weight loss N = 6051 |
Non-weight loss N = 24081 |
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| Characteristic | n | (%) | n | (%) | P value* |
| Sex | 0.98 | ||||
| Female | 2904 | (48.0) | 11562 | (48.0) | |
| Male | 3147 | (52.0) | 12519 | (52.0) | |
| Age group (years) | 0.95 | ||||
| 20-39 | 1339 | (22.1) | 5371 | (22.3) | |
| 40-64 | 2934 | (48.5) | 11663 | (48.4) | |
| 65-84 | 1778 | (29.4) | 7047 | (29.3) | |
| Age (years), mean ± (standard deviation)† | 54.3 ± 16.4 | 54.0 ± 16.5 | 0.23 | ||
| Baseline comorbidities | |||||
| Alcohol-related diseases | 446 | (7.37) | 1742 | (7.23) | 0.71 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 202 | (3.34) | 770 | (3.20) | 0.58 |
| Chronic liver diseases | 1672 | (27.6) | 6613 | (27.5) | 0.79 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 1178 | (19.5) | 4654 | (19.3) | 0.80 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 522 | (8.63) | 2041 | (8.48) | 0.71 |
| Human immunodeficiency virus infection | 4 | (0.07) | 14 | (0.06) | 0.22 |
| Gastrectomy | 28 | (0.46) | 70 | (0.29) | 0.04 |
| Pneumoconiosis | 54 | (0.89) | 160 | (0.66) | 0.06 |