Table 3.
Percentage of Irish adults aged 18–64 years, males and females, with varying levels of risk for CVD as defined by waist circumference*, according to age group, in 2001 and 2011†
| Age group (years) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18–64 | 18–35 | 36–50 | 51–64 | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | 2011 | 2001 | 2011 | 2001 | 2011 | 2001 | 2011 | |||||||||
| % | % | % change | P value‡ | % | % | % change | P value‡ | % | % | % change | P value‡ | % | % | % change | P value‡ | |
| Males | ||||||||||||||||
| n | 492 | 530 | 198 | 231 | 167 | 174 | 127 | 125 | ||||||||
| Normal risk | 52·4 | 46·4 | −6·0 | 69·2 | 70·6 | 1·4 | 43·1 | 36·2 | −6·9 | 38·6 | 16·0 | −22·6 | ||||
| Increased risk | 24·4 | 22·5 | −1·9 | 0·108 | 17·7 | 14·7 | −3·0 | – | 29·9 | 28·2 | −1·7 | – | 27·6 | 28·8 | 1·2 | <0·001 |
| High risk | 23·2 | 31·1 | 7·9 | 0·009 | 13·1 | 14·7 | 1·6 | – | 26·9 | 35·6 | 8·7 | – | 33·9 | 55·2 | 21·3 | 0·001 |
| Females | ||||||||||||||||
| n | 628 | 571 | 244 | 234 | 251 | 204 | 133 | 133 | ||||||||
| Normal risk | 52·4 | 36·1 | −16·3 | 68·9 | 49·1 | −19·8 | 46·2 | 31·4 | −14·8 | 33·8 | 20·3 | −13·5 | ||||
| Increased risk | 23·9 | 26·6 | 2·7 | <0·001 | 16·4 | 26·1 | 9·7 | <0·001 | 29·5 | 28·9 | −0·6 | 0·003 | 27·1 | 24·1 | 3·0 | 0·013 |
| High risk | 23·7 | 37·3 | 13·6 | <0·001 | 14·8 | 24·8 | 10·0 | 0·012 | 24·3 | 39·7 | 15·4 | 0·008 | 39·1 | 55·6 | 16·5 | 0·014 |
n, sample size; WC, waist circumference.
*
Normal risk: WC <94 cm for men and <80 cm for women; increased risk: WC=94–101·9 cm for men and 80–87·9 cm for women; high risk: WC ≥102 cm for men and ≥88 cm for women.
†
Data for 2001 from North/South Ireland Food Consumption Survey (NSIFCS, 2001); data for 2011 from National Adult Nutrition Survey (NANS, 2011).
‡
Bonferroni-adjusted P values from post hoc comparisons of this category and higher v. all lower risk, between time-points (– indicates test not performed).