Table 3.
Overall prevalence (using WHO international and WHO Asian cut-offs) and stratified prevalence (using WHO Asian cut-offs) of normal weight, overweight and obesity in Bangladesh, India, Pakistana
| Bangladesh (n 1497) | India (n 1161) | Pakistan (n 1304) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency prevalence (95 % CI) | Prevalence of normal weight | Prevalence of overweight | Prevalence of obesity | Prevalence of normal weight | Prevalence of overweight | Prevalence of obesity | Prevalence of normal weight | Prevalence of overweight | Prevalence of obesity |
| Overall (WHO international cut-offs) | 817/1497 | 405/1497 | 146/1497 | 506/1161 | 384/1161 | 205/1161 | 501/1304 | 406/1304 | 284/1304 |
| 54·6 (52·0–57·1) | 27·1 (24·9–29·4) | 9·8 (8·4–11·4) | 43·6 (40·8–46·5) | 33·1 (30·4–35·8) | 17·7 (15·6–20·0) | 38·4 (35·8–41·1) | 31·1 (28·7–33·7) | 21·8 (19·6–24·1) | |
| Overall (WHO Asian cut-offs) | 523/1497 | 294/1497 | 551/1497 | 290/1161 | 216/1161 | 589/1161 | 327/1304 | 174/1304 | 690/1304 |
| 34·9 (32·6–37·4) | 19·6 (17·7–21·7) | 36·8 (34·4–39·3) | 25·0 (22·6–27·6) | 18·6 (16·5–21·0) | 50·7 (47·9–53·6) | 25·1 (22·8–27·5) | 13·3 (11·6–15·3) | 52·9 (50·2–55·6) | |
| Stratified prevalence (WHO Asian cut-offs): | |||||||||
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 336/915 | 190/915 | 300/915 | 175/643 | 145/643 | 280/643 | 228/791 | 125/791 | 378/791 |
| 36·7 (33·7–39·9) | 20·8 (18·3–23·5) | 32·8 (29·8–35·9) | 27·2 (23·9–30·8) | 22·6 (19·5–25·9) | 43·5 (39·8–47·4) | 28·8 (25·8–32·1) | 15·8 (13·4–18·5) | 47·8 (44·3–51·3) | |
| Female | 187/582 | 104/582 | 251/582 | 115/518 | 71/518 | 309/518 | 99/513 | 49/513 | 312/513 |
| 32·1 (28·5–36·0) | 17·9 (15·0–21·2) | 43·1 (39·2–47·2) | 22·2 (18·8–26·0) | 13·7 (11·0–16·9) | 59·7 (55·4–63·8) | 19·3 (16·1–22·9) | 9·6 (7·3–12·4) | 60·8 (56·5–65·0) | |
| Age group | |||||||||
| 18–24 years | 196/432 | 76/432 | 113/432 | 53/120 | 17/120 | 38/120 | 76/158 | 20/158 | 37/158 |
| 45·4 (40·7–50·1) | 17·6 (14·3–21·5) | 26·2 (22·2–30·5) | 44·2 (35·6–53·1) | 14·2 (9·0–21·6) | 31·7 (24·0–40·5) | 48·1 (40·4–55·9) | 12·7 (8·3–18·8) | 23·4 (17·5–30·6) | |
| 25–39 years | 232/731 | 147/731 | 296/731 | 109/531 | 101/531 | 294/531 | 156/599 | 91/599 | 301/599 |
| 31·7 (28·5–35·2) | 20·1 (17·4–23·2) | 40·5 (37·0–44·1) | 20·5 (17·3–24·2) | 19·0 (15·9–22·6) | 55·4 (51·1–59·5) | 26·0 (22·7–29·7) | 15·2 (12·5–18·3) | 50·3 (46·3–54·2) | |
| 40–54 years | 71/263 | 56/263 | 119/263 | 90/382 | 72/382 | 195/382 | 63/399 | 44/399 | 271/399 |
| 27·0 (22·0–32·7) | 21·3 (16·8–26·7) | 45·2 (39·3–51·3) | 23·6 (19·6–28·1) | 18·8 (15·2–23·1) | 51·0 (46·0–56·0) | 15·8 (12·5–19·7) | 11·0 (8·3–14·5) | 67·9 (63·2–72·3) | |
| 55+ years | 24/71 | 15/71 | 23/71 | 38/128 | 26/128 | 62/128 | 32/148 | 19/148 | 81/148 |
| 33·8 (23·8–45·5) | 21·1 (13·2–32·1) | 32·4 (22·6–44·1) | 29·7 (22·4–38·2) | 20·3 (14·2–28·2) | 48·4 (39·9–57·1) | 21·6 (15·7–29·0) | 12·8 (8·3–19·3) | 54·7 (46·7–62·6) | |
| SMI | |||||||||
| Bipolar disorder (any) | 164/487 | 101/487 | 190/487 | 103/434 | 70/434 | 246/434 | 120/534 | 73/534 | 306/534 |
| 33·7 (29·6–38·0) | 20·7 (17·4–24·6) | 39·0 (34·8–43·4) | 23·7 (20·0–28·0) | 16·1 (13·0–19·9) | 56·7 (52·0–61·3) | 22·5 (19·1–26·2) | 13·7 (11·0–16·9) | 57·3 (53·1–61·4) | |
| Major depressive disorder with psychotic features | 22/76 | 17/76 | 33/76 | 12/63 | 17/63 | 34/63 | 155/595 | 69/595 | 311/595 |
| 28·9 (19·9–40·1) | 22·4 (14·4–33·1) | 43·4 (32·8–54·7) | 19·0 (11·1–30·6) | 27·0 (17·5–39·2) | 54·0 (41·7–65·8) | 26·1 (22·7–29·7) | 11·6 (9·3–14·4) | 52·3 (48·2–56·3) | |
| Psychotic disorder | 337/934 | 176/934 | 328/934 | 175/664 | 129/664 | 309/664 | 52/175 | 32/175 | 73/175 |
| 36·1 (33·1–39·2) | 18·8 (16·5–21·5) | 35·1 (32·1–38·2) | 26·4 (23·1–29·8) | 19·4 (16·6–22·6) | 46·5 (42·8–50·3) | 29·7 (23·4–36·9) | 18·3 (13·2–24·7) | 41·7 (34·6–49·2) | |
| Setting | |||||||||
| Inpatient | 147/311 | 59/311 | 80/311 | 72/255 | 41/255 | 119/255 | 40/120 | 13/120 | 58/120 |
| 47·3 (41·8–52·8) | 19·0 (15·0–23·7) | 25·7 (21·2–30·9) | 28·2 (23·0–34·1) | 16·1 (12·1–21·1) | 46·7 (40·6–52·8) | 33·3 (25·5–42·2) | 10·8 (6·4–17·8) | 48·3 (39·5–57·2) | |
| Outpatient | 376/1186 | 235/1186 | 471/1186 | 218/906 | 175/906 | 470/906 | 287/1184 | 161/1184 | 632/1184 |
| 31·7 (29·1–34·4) | 19·8 (17·6–22·2) | 39·7 (37·0–42·5) | 24·1 (21·4–27·0) | 19·3 (16·9–22·0) | 51·9 (48·6–55·1) | 24·2 (21·9–26·8) | 13·6 (11·8–15·7) | 53·4 (50·5–56·2) | |
a
For participants where BMI was calculable (n = 3962 in total).