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. 2012 Aug 29;5:467. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-467

Table 2.

Prevalence of obesity for the women in 1995 and 2007, by demographic, socio-economic and behavioural factors

    1995
2007
N Average BMI (SD) Overweight Obese N Average BMI (SD) Overweight Obese
Total
 
5117
25.1 (4.4)
37.3
14.3
7768
25.5 (4.6)
36.4
17.8
Women
All
 
2649
24.4 (4.6)
28.9
13.6
3947
25.1 (5.0)
29.3
17.7
Age groups
16-24
180
23.0 (4.2)
15.7
9.8
469
22.0 (3.4)
15.4
4.8
25-34
582
23.1 (4.6)
19.7
10.1
678
23.7 (3.8)
22.8
11.2
35-44
527
23.9 (5.0)
23.7
12.7
859
24.9 (5.2)
23.4
16.1
45-54
404
25.0 (4.2)
32.8
14.7
717
25.8 (5.2)
29.9
21.9
55-64
362
26.0 (4.0)
40.9
19.7
471
26.3 (4.6)
38.1
21.7
65+
592
25.1 (4.8)
36.6
14.6
754
27.2 (5.8)
44.4
27.0
Nationality
Luxembourgers
1912
24.4 (4.7)
29.6
13.9
2462
25.2 (5.7)
30.2
18.5
Portuguese
223
24.7 (4.1)
29.9
13.3
462
25.9 (4.1)
27.3
23.5
French
101
23.2 (3.7)
31.5
5.6
191
22.8 (2.7)
20.1
6.4
German
51
24.3 (5.1)
30.3
15.2
105
25.0 (4.5)
21.5
18.7
Others
359
24.3 (4.6)
23.8
14.2
726
24.8 (4.4)
31.0
14.1
Marital status
Single
565
23.2 (4.8)
18.7
11.5
948
23.1 (4.4)
19.8
9.5
Married
1457
24.5 (4.4)
31.5
12.7
2271
25.5 (4.8)
30.9
19.0
Divorced/separated
171
24.2 (4.8)
28.0
12.1
325
25.7 (5.1)
27.5
22.3
Widowed
454
25.6 (4.8)
33.8
19.7
403
27.1 (5.7)
43.8
26.1
Educational level
Primary
1491
25.3 (4.6)
33.5
18.6
1235
26.8 (5.4)
36.6
25.2
Secondary
866
23.5 (4.4)
23.9
8.6
1901
24.8 (5.0)
27.2
16.9
Tertiary
284
22.2 (4.2)
20.0
2.8
788
23.4 (3.6)
23.5
7.7
Profession
Managers and Intellectual professions
175
22.7 (4.6)
26.4
3.3
382
24.2 (4.1)
30.0
10.8
Intermediate Professions
207
22.7 (5.0)
18.5
6.8
462
23.6 (4.7)
18.2
11.4
Employed
268
23.0 (4.4)
14.0
9.6
500
23.9 (4.3)
26.9
10.2
Agricultural workers/Craftsmen/Workers/No profession
1997
24.9 (4.5)
32.2
15.8
2603
25.8 (5.2)
31.6
21.3
Place of residence
Centre- North
295
24.1 (5.2)
27.3
13.0
461
25.0 (5.4)
28.5
14.7
Centre- South
1277
24.4 (4.4)
30.1
13.3
1933
25.3 (4.9)
29.1
19.0
East
285
24.9 (5.1)
25.4
19.5
402
25.4 (4.7)
29.5
20.2
North
73
24.2 (3.8)
30.3
10.8
225
25.1 (5.1)
33.4
15.9
West
198
24.7 (4.9)
28.7
15.7
249
25.4 (5.4)
24.3
22.3
Luxembourg-city
518
24.1 (4.6)
28.6
11.1
677
24.5 (4.7)
30.5
13.5
Physical activity
Yes
782
23.2 (4.2)
21.0
9.5
1973
24.0 (4.5)
25.1
11.6
No
1847
24.9 (4.7)
32.0
15.3
1974
26.2 (5.1)
33.5
23.8
Diet
Balanced
2264
24.3 (4.4)
29.3
12.4
3479
25.1 (4.9)
29.6
17.3
Unbalanced
300
25.0 (5.6)
28.6
19.8
403
25.6 (5.5)
26.9
21.7
  No know 80 25.4 (6.1) 18.9 26.7 57 25.3 (4.5) 26.3 19.3