Table 2.
Comparison of prevalence (%) of different nutritional status of male youths aged 18-20 years in different areas of China
| Area | Age(years) | Urban areas∗ |
Rural areas |
Total∗∗ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under-weight | Normal-weight | Over-weight | Obesity | Under-weight | Normal-weight | Over-weight | Obesity | Under-weight | Normal-weight | Over-weight | Obesity | ||
| North-East | 18† | 17.0 | 74.7 | 7.0 | 1.3 | 22.1 | 72.9 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 19.4 | 73.9 | 5.7 | 1.0 |
| 19† | 14.7 | 74.9 | 9.2 | 1.3 | 16.1 | 78.1 | 4.9 | 0.8 | 15.3 | 76.2 | 7.5 | 1.1 | |
| 20 | 11.6 | 80.7 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 11.8 | 84.2 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 11.6 | 82.1 | 5.5 | 0.8 | |
| Total† | 15.2 | 76.0 | 7.6 | 1.2 | 18.1 | 76.9 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 16.5 | 76.3 | 6.2 | 1.0 | |
| North-China | 18† | 15.8 | 70.9 | 10.8 | 2.4 | 17.4 | 75.7 | 6.1 | 0.7 | 16.8‡ | 73.8 | 8.0 | 1.4 |
| 19† | 13.6 | 72.9 | 11.1 | 2.4 | 13.2 | 79.3 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 13.4‡ | 76.3 | 8.9 | 1.5 | |
| 20† | 9.1 | 74.3 | 14.4 | 2.2 | 10.6 | 79.2 | 9.6 | 0.7 | 9.8‡ | 76.8 | 12.0 | 1.4 | |
| Total† | 13.7 | 72.2 | 11.7 | 2.4 | 14.7 | 77.5 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 14.3‡ | 75.2 | 9.1 | 1.4 | |
| East-China | 18† | 26.1 | 69.1 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 22.3 | 74.2 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 23.7‡,¶ | 72.3 | 3.7 | 0.3 |
| 19 | 23.8 | 69.7 | 5.7 | 0.8 | 19.2 | 76.9 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 21.4‡,¶ | 73.5 | 4.6 | 0.5 | |
| 20 | 19.4 | 72.3 | 7.4 | 0.9 | 16.7 | 78.9 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 18.1‡,¶ | 75.4 | 5.8 | 0.6 | |
| Total | 24.0 | 70.0 | 5.4 | 0.6 | 20.2 | 76.0 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 21.8‡,¶ | 73.3 | 4.4 | 0.4 | |
| South-Middle | 18† | 23.9 | 72.9 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 29.2 | 69.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 27.7‡,¶,§ | 70.4 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
| 19† | 20.4 | 74.9 | 4.1 | 0.6 | 24.7 | 73.7 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 23.2‡,¶,§ | 74.2 | 2.4 | 0.3 | |
| 20† | 19.8 | 75.0 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 21.1 | 77.1 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 21.4‡,¶,§ | 76.0 | 3.2 | 0.4 | |
| Total† | 22.0 | 73.9 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 26.1 | 72.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 24.8‡,¶,§ | 72.7 | 2.2 | 0.3 | |
| North-West | 18† | 31.9 | 58.5 | 8.1 | 1.5 | 33.6 | 64.8 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 33.3‡,¶,§,†† | 63.5 | 2.9 | 0.4 |
| 19 | 32.1 | 60.1 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 29.0 | 68.3 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 29.9‡,¶,§,†† | 65.9 | 3.5 | 0.6 | |
| 20 | 23.5 | 67.1 | 8.2 | 1.2 | 20.5 | 77.3 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 21.6‡,¶,§,†† | 73.5 | 4.5 | 0.5 | |
| Total† | 30.2 | 60.8 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 29.4 | 68.5 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 29.8‡,¶,§,†† | 66.3 | 3.4 | 0.5 | |
| South-West | 18 | 31.4 | 63.7 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 27.3 | 71.2 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 28.0‡,¶,§,†† | 69.9 | 2.0 | 0.1 |
| 19† | 31.6 | 63.2 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 22.5 | 75.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 24.6‡,¶,§,†† | 72.8 | 2.4 | 0.2 | |
| 20 | 25.4 | 69.0 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 19.4 | 77.4 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 20.9‡,¶,§ | 75.4 | 3.5 | 0.2 | |
| Total† | 30.2 | 64.7 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 24.2 | 73.9 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 25.5‡,¶,§,†† | 71.9 | 2.4 | 0.2 | |
| Whole country | 18† | 22.3 | 70.2 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 24.6 | 72.1 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 23.8 | 71.5 | 4.1 | 0.6 |
| 19† | 21.0 | 70.9 | 6.9 | 1.2 | 20.5 | 76.0 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 20.7 | 73.8 | 4.8 | 0.7 | |
| 20† | 17.9 | 73.5 | 7.6 | 1.0 | 17.5 | 78.3 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 17.7 | 76.1 | 5.6 | 0.6 | |
| Total† | 21.0 | 71.1 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 21.9 | 74.6 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 21.6 | 73.2 | 4.6 | 0.6 | |
∗The statistical differences in nutritional status between urban and rural youths were tested by the Mann-Whitney U-test;
†p<0.05 compared with rural areas;
∗∗The statistical differences in nutritional status among different areas were tested by the Kruskal-Wallis test;
‡p<0.05 compared with North-East;
¶p<0.05 compared with North-China;
§p<0.05 compared with East-China;
††p<0.05 compared with Middle-South;
‡‡p<0.05 compared with North-West