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. 2019 Aug 27;22(17):3118–3126. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019002325

Table 3.

Prevalence of overweight and obesity, and mean waist circumference, among women and men from urban and rural areas, according to age, education and income, in the Mozambique population aged 18–64 years, 2014/2015

Overweight and obesity (BMI ≥ 25·0 kg/m2)
Women Men
Urban Rural Urban Rural
% 95 % CI OR* 95 % CI % 95 % CI OR* 95 % CI % 95 % CI OR* 95 % CI % 95 % CI OR* 95 % CI
Age (years)
 18–24 22·0 14·2, 29·8 0·51 0·27, 0·98 15·1 7·9, 22·2 0·74 0·39, 1·42 11·9 3·0, 20·7 0·46 0·20, 1·07 5·8 1·3, 10·3 0·65 0·25, 1·73
 25–34 38·3 30·5, 46·0 1·00 Ref. 17·5 11·4, 23·4 1·00 Ref. 27·3 18·8, 35·8 1·00 Ref. 11·5 6·2, 16·8 1·00 Ref.
 35–44 55·2 44·8, 65·5 1·93 1·22, 3·05 17·1 11·7, 22·6 1·06 0·57, 1·95 25·6 11·6, 39·6 0·98 0·40, 2·38 11·9 3·4, 20·3 1·33 0·51, 3·43
 45–54 57·6 46·4, 68·8 2·83 1·47, 5·45 24·1 14·7, 33·4 1·18 0·62, 2·25 40·2 28·6, 51·8 1·78 0·89, 3·55 12·2 4·4, 20·0 1·46 0·70, 3·04
 55–64 44·4 28·0, 60·8 1·55 0·50, 4·81 30·2 20·9, 39·5 2·49 1·29, 4·83 39·4 25·5, 53·4 1·97 0·93, 4·18 14·9 7·3, 22·6 2·06 0·75, 5·71
Education (years)
 <1 35·3 27·8, 42·8 1·00 Ref. 17·1 11·6, 22·6 1·00 Ref. 20·5 6·7, 34·3 1·00 Ref. 12·2 5·6, 18·8 1·00 Ref.
 1–5 44·4 35·0, 53·7 2·00 1·22, 3·27 21·4 14·6, 28·2 1·40 0·74, 2·67 32·8 14·4, 51·1 1·84 0·51, 6·61 9·3 4·2, 14·4 0·72 0·30, 1·74
 ≥6 40·4 33·9, 47·0 1·84 0·89, 3·81 21·0 15·3, 26·8 1·60 0·88, 2·92 25·1 18·6, 31·6 1·44 0·47, 4·40 12·4 6·5, 18·3 1·00 0·35, 2·83
Monthly income ($US/household member aged ≥18 years)
 0–15 39·6 30·8, 48·3 1·00 Ref. 15·4 10·5, 20·3 1·00 Ref. 12·9 3·6, 22·1 1·00 Ref. 6·9 3·8, 10·1 1·00 Ref.
 16–44 36·1 26·9, 45·2 0·78 0·44, 1·37 24·1 17·8, 30·5 1·75 1·09, 2·81 22·8 13·0, 32·6 1·92 0·75, 4·92 12·6 7·8, 17·4 2·05 1·17, 3·58
 ≥45 51·0 42·3, 59·7 1·52 0·92, 2·52 22·2 16·3, 28·0 1·47 0·86, 2·51 35·6 29·5, 41·8 3·20 1·31, 7·81 18·4 10·7, 26·1 3·24 1·69, 6·21

Ref., reference category.

*

Derived from models including age, education and income.

Difference between the mean value of each category and the mean value of the reference category.