TABLE 2.
Frequency distribution of the sample of women, mean BMI, and percentage overweight by independent variables across 37 low- and middle-income countries
| Frequency | BMI | Percentage overweight1 | ||||||||||
| Variables | Time 1 | Time 2 | Time 1: mean | Time 1: CI2 | Time 2: mean | Time 2: CI2 | Percentage change | Time 1: mean | Time 1: SD | Time 2: mean | Time 2: SD | Percentage change |
| Age | kg/m2 | kg/m2 | kg/m2 | kg/m2 | ||||||||
| 15–19 y | 15,222 | 19,151 | 20 | (14.7, 26.1) | 21 | (14.7, 27.3) | 2.8 | 6 | 5.6 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 62.6 |
| 20–24 y | 39,258 | 51,252 | 21 | (14.4, 27.6) | 22 | (14.3, 29.2) | 3.5 | 11 | 9.6 | 16.5 | 13.8 | 52.8 |
| 25–39 y | 45,504 | 64,029 | 22 | (13.9, 29.5) | 23 | (14.0, 31.3) | 4.6 | 17 | 13.9 | 24.8 | 18.7 | 48.7 |
| 30–34 y | 39,087 | 59,382 | 22 | (13.5, 30.9) | 23 | (13.8, 32.9) | 5.2 | 22 | 17.1 | 31.5 | 21.6 | 44.2 |
| 35–39 y | 32,076 | 55,665 | 23 | (13.2, 31.9) | 24 | (13.7, 34.1) | 6.1 | 25 | 18.6 | 36.5 | 23.2 | 47.4 |
| 40–44 y | 22,400 | 48,119 | 23 | (12.9, 32.3) | 24 | (13.6, 35.3) | 8.0 | 26 | 19.4 | 40.6 | 24.1 | 54.7 |
| 45–49 y | 15,023 | 40,888 | 23 | (12.6, 32.5) | 25 | (13.4, 36.1) | 9.7 | 26 | 19.5 | 42.8 | 24.5 | 61.4 |
| Education | ||||||||||||
| No education/incomplete primary | 131,770 | 186,746 | 21 | (13.7, 28.4) | 22 | (13.3, 31.3) | 5.9 | 12 | 10.7 | 21.8 | 17.0 | 79.0 |
| Completed primary | 47,610 | 97,350 | 23 | (13.8, 31.5) | 24 | (13.8, 33.8) | 5.2 | 25 | 18.6 | 34.7 | 22.7 | 41.0 |
| Completed secondary | 29,190 | 54,390 | 24 | (14.6, 33.8) | 26 | (15.8, 35.5) | 5.8 | 39 | 23.7 | 50.9 | 25.0 | 31.7 |
| Wealth quintile | ||||||||||||
| Lowest quintile | 39,801 | 60,995 | 21 | (13.8, 28.0) | 22 | (13.3, 30.3) | 4.3 | 11 | 9.8 | 18.3 | 14.9 | 66.0 |
| Second quintile | 39,228 | 65,283 | 21 | (13.6, 28.8) | 23 | (13.4, 31.6) | 6.1 | 13 | 11.5 | 23.7 | 18.1 | 79.6 |
| Third quintile | 41,156 | 68,747 | 21 | (13.4, 29.5) | 23 | (13.4, 32.7) | 7.5 | 15 | 13.1 | 28.0 | 20.2 | 81.0 |
| Fourth quintile | 42,955 | 69,934 | 22 | (13.5, 30.5) | 24 | (13.8, 33.5) | 7.6 | 19 | 15.7 | 33.4 | 22.2 | 71.2 |
| Highest quintile | 45,430 | 73,527 | 24 | (14.3, 32.8) | 25 | (14.9, 35.1) | 6.2 | 32 | 21.9 | 44.8 | 24.7 | 38.1 |
| Urban-rural | ||||||||||||
| Rural | 137,722 | 194,969 | 21 | (13.8, 28.1) | 22 | (13.5, 30.7) | 5.4 | 12 | 10.2 | 20.2 | 16.1 | 75.8 |
| Urban | 70,848 | 143,517 | 24 | (14.0, 33.1) | 25 | (14.5, 35.2) | 5.3 | 33 | 22.0 | 43.7 | 24.6 | 33.5 |
1
Calculated as the number of women with a BMI (in kg/m2) >25 divided by the total sample and multiplied by 100%.
2
Adjusted to account for design effects.