Table 1.
General characteristics of elderly Japanese participants from the 1973–2016 Japan National Health and Nutrition Survey
| Men | Women | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of subjects (93 542) | n 40 503 (43·3 %) | n 53 039 (56·7 %) | ||||||||||
| Birth year groups | 1899 | 1900–1909 | 1910–1919 | 1920–1929 | 1930–1939 | ≥1940 | ≥1899 | 1900–1909 | 1910–1919 | 1920–1929 | 1930–1939 | 1940 |
| 65–69 years | ||||||||||||
| Height (cm) | 157·9 | 158·8 | 160·9 | 162·5 | 165·0 | 145·1 | 146·4 | 148·2 | 150·0 | 151·9 | ||
| Weight (kg)* | 54·2 | 55·8 | 58·7 | 62·0 | 64·7 | 48·5 | 49·6 | 51·4 | 53·3 | 53·2 | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 21·7 | 22·1 | 22·7 | 23·5 | 23·7 | 23·0 | 23·2 | 23·4 | 23·7 | 23.1 | ||
| Overweight/obesity (%) | 14·7 | 16·7 | 21·7 | 29·6 | 30·5 | 28·0 | 29·5 | 30·9 | 32·3 | 26·1 | ||
| Underweight (%) | 14·3 | 10·5 | 8·2 | 4·2 | 3·2 | 11·1 | 9·0 | 7·6 | 4·9 | 7·2 | ||
| 70–79 years | ||||||||||||
| Height (cm) | 155·6 | 157·1 | 158·4 | 160·2 | 161·7 | 163·5 | 141·4 | 143·3 | 145·0 | 146·8 | 148·6 | 150·4 |
| Weight (kg)* | 51·0 | 53·1 | 55·3 | 58·3 | 61·4 | 63·1 | 43·8 | 46·3 | 48·1 | 50·4 | 51·4 | 52·1 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 21·0 | 21·5 | 22·0 | 22·7 | 23·5 | 23·6 | 21·9 | 22·5 | 22·9 | 23·4 | 23·3 | 23·0 |
| Overweight/obesity (%) | 11·6 | 12·8 | 16·6 | 21·6 | 29·1 | 29·8 | 18·9 | 23·9 | 26·5 | 30·6 | 28·5 | 25·0 |
| Underweight (%) | 21·9 | 15·1 | 11·9 | 8·7 | 4·7 | 4·2 | 16·6 | 12·9 | 10·7 | 8·1 | 7·6 | 8·5 |
| >80 years | ||||||||||||
| Height (cm) | 153·6 | 155·7 | 157·3 | 158·7 | 159·9 | 139·4 | 141·4 | 143·1 | 144·6 | 146·4 | ||
| Weight (kg)* | 49·4 | 51·5 | 53·9 | 56·4 | 59·0 | 42·0 | 43·6 | 45·2 | 47·0 | 49·0 | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 20·9 | 21·2 | 21·8 | 22·4 | 23·1 | 21·6 | 21·8 | 22·1 | 22·5 | 22·9 | ||
| Overweight/obesity (%) | 11·0 | 10·3 | 14·1 | 18·5 | 25·2 | 16·3 | 17·5 | 20·4 | 22·8 | 25·7 | ||
| Underweight (%) | 23·0 | 19·0 | 14·8 | 10·6 | 6·7 | 19·0 | 17·3 | 16·4 | 13·2 | 9·0 | ||
*
Mean values of height, weight and BMI are shown.