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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obes Rev. 2012 Jun 28;13(9):810–821. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.01016.x

Table 2.

Mean BMI and percent overweight and obese in CHNS participants

Age Group N 4,417 Mean BMI (SD) Overweight [BMI ≥ 25 (or pediatric equivalent18)]; % (95% CI) Obesity [BMI ≥ 30 (or pediatric equivalent18)]; % (95% CI)
MALES
7–11* y 211 17.0 (2.9) 12.8 (10.5, 15.1) 3.2 (2.0, 4.4)
12–17* y 205 19.0 (3.4) 11.7 (9.5, 14.0) 1.4 (0.6, 2.2)
Total 7–17 y 416 18.0 (3.4) 12.3 (10.6, 13.9) 2.3 (1.6, 3.0)
18–29 y 374 22.2 (3.5) 20.8 (18.7, 22.9) 2.3 (1.5, 3.1)
30–39 y 611 24.0 (3.5) 31.0 (29.1, 32.9) 4.5 (3.7, 5.3)
40–49 y 857 24.0 (3.3) 35.2 (33.5, 36.8) 4.8 (4.1, 5.5)
50–59 y 973 23.5 (3.2) 29.8 (28.4, 31.3) 3.4 (2.8, 3.9)
60–69 y 659 23.2 (3.4) 30.0 (28.2, 31.7) 3.3 (2.6, 4.0)
≥70 y 431 22.5 (4.0) 22.6 (20.6, 24.6) 4.1 (3.2, 5.0)
Total ≥18 y 3905 23.3 (3.4) 29.5 (28.8, 30.3) 3.8 (3.5, 4.1)
Age Group N 4,827 Mean BMI (SD) Overweight [BMI ≥ 25 (or pediatric equivalent18)]; % (95% CI) Obesity [BMI ≥ 30 (or pediatric equivalent18)]; % (95% CI
FEMALES
7–11 y* 160 16.3 (3.0) 12.2 (9.6, 14.8) 3.0 (1.7, 4.3)
12–17 y* 184 19.0 (3.0) 8.2 (6.2, 10.2) 1.1 (0.3, 1.8)
Total 7–17y 344 18.0 (3.2) 10.1 (8.5, 11.7) 2.0 (1.2, 2.7)
18–29 y 392 21.0 (3.0) 9.4 (8.0, 10.9) 0.8 (0.3, 1.2)
30–39 y 665 23.0 (3.4) 21.7 (20.1, 23.3) 3.9 (3.1, 4.6)
40–49 y 1039 24.0 (3.3) 32.7 (31.2, 34.1) 4.4 (3.8, 5.1)
50–59 y 1098 24.0 (3.3) 36.4 (35.0, 37.9) 4.6 (4.0, 5.2)
60–69 y 697 24.0 (4.0) 36.1 (34.3, 38.0) 5.7 (4.8, 6.6)
≥70 y 519 23.1 (4.0) 28.2 (26.2, 30.2) 5.6 (4.6, 6.5)
Total ≥18 y 4410 23.4 (4.0) 29.9 (29.2, 30.6) 4.4 (4.1, 4.7)
Age Group N Mean BMI (SD) Overweight [BMI ≥ 25 (or pediatric equivalent18)]; % (95% CI) Obesity [BMI ≥ 30 (or pediatric equivalent18)]; % (95% CI)
TOTAL POPULATION
Pediatric 760 17.7 (3.3) 11.3 (10.1, 12.4) 2.2 (1.6, 2.7)
Adult 8315 23.4 (3.5) 29.7 (29.2, 30.2) 4.1 (3.9, 4.3)
*

7–17 year old age group broken into two categories given variation in growth for children and adolescents