Table 1.
Age-specific prevalence and age-adjusted prevalence of overweight and obesity in Thai population aged ≥20 years, in 2009.
| % (95% CI) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overweight (BMI 23–<25 kg/m2) | Obesity class I (BMI 25–<30 kg/m2) | Obesity class II (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) | ||||
| Urban (N = 1,997) | Rural (N = 1,492) | Urban (N = 3,114) | Rural (N = 2,068) | Urban (N = 1,108) | Rural (N = 589) | |
| All | ||||||
| Age ≥ 20 years | 18.2 (16.9, 19.5) | 17.2 (16.1, 18.3) | 28.5 (27.1, 30.0) | 24.8 (22.4, 27.3) | 12.2 (10.2, 14.1) | 7.6 (6.2, 9.1) |
| Men | ||||||
| All ≥20 years | 19.0 (17.6, 20.5) | 17.7 (15.9, 19.5) | 28.2 (26.0, 30.4) | 20.5 (17.3, 23.8) | 9.8 (7.6, 11.9) | 4.9 (3.1, 6.8) |
| 20–34 | 14.8 (12.3, 17.2) | 15.9 (11.9, 20.0) | 21.5 (18.1, 24.8) | 18.0 (13.4, 22.6) | 14.4 (10.1, 18.8) | 6.3 (2.7, 9.9) |
| 35–59 | 21.4 (19.2, 23.6) | 19.4 (17.5, 21.3) | 34.4 (30.8, 38.1) | 24.1 (19.7, 28.5) | 7.7 (5.9, 9.5) | 5.0 (3.1, 7.0) |
| ≥60 | 19.4 (15.9, 22.9) | 15.8 (14.2, 17.4) | 26.4 (23.5, 29.3) | 15.2 (12.7, 17.7) | 6.0 (3.7, 8.3) | 2.0 (1.4, 2.7) |
| Education level | ||||||
| Less than primary | 24.5 (13.6, 35.4) | 20.5 (1.8, 39.3) | 27.7 (16.0, 39.4) | 3.0 (0, 6.8) | 15.9 (5.9, 26.1) | 5.1 (1.0, 13.9) |
| Primary | 19.5 (15.7, 23.3) | 18.6 (17.0, 20.2) | 23.0 (18.9, 27.2) | 18.3 (14.4, 22.2) | 9.2 (4.6, 13.8) | 3.8 (1.8, 5.8) |
| Secondary | 19.5 (17.6, 21.5) | 17.7 (12.1, 23.4) | 29.0 (27.1, 30.8) | 24.9 (21.3, 28.4) | 10.3 (8.2, 12.9) | 7.1 (4.2, 10.0) |
| University | 19.4 (13.0, 25.7) | 26.5 (18.1, 34.8) | 34.8 (29.4, 40.1) | 29.2 (18.5, 40.0) | 9.9 (5.7, 14.0) | 6.6 (3.4, 9.9) |
| Women | ||||||
| All ≥20 years | 17.5 (15.8, 19.2) | 16.7 (15.5, 17.8) | 28.9 (26.6, 31.1) | 28.9 (25.8, 32.1) | 14.3 (12.2, 16.4) | 10.2 (8.7, 11.8) |
| 20–34 | 14.8 (12.0, 17.5) | 14.1 (11.7, 16.6) | 20.8 (17.4, 24.3) | 21.3 (16.6, 26.0) | 12.9 (9.4, 16.4) | 9.7 (7.1, 12.3) |
| 35–59 | 18.9 (16.8, 21.0) | 18.3 (16.2, 20.4) | 31.8 (28.8, 34.9) | 35.9 (31.2, 40.7) | 15.8 (13.5, 18.0) | 11.8 (9.4, 14.2) |
| ≥60 | 16.6 (14.7, 18.5) | 16.5 (15.1, 18.0) | 33.0 (30.0, 36.0) | 24.5 (21.0, 27.9) | 12.4 (9.2, 15.5) | 6.3 (4.2, 8.5) |
| Education level | ||||||
| Less than primary | 18.9 (4.5, 33.3) | 17.8 (6.0, 29.6) | 22.1 (14.2, 30.0) | 28.8 (12.9, 44.7) | 9.2 (2.9, 15.4) | 5.4 (1.5, 9.4) |
| Primary | 17.4 (15.1, 19.8) | 17.0 (14.3, 19.8) | 33.4 (27.6, 39.2) | 32.7 (27.4, 37.9) | 16.8 (11.8, 21.7) | 9.5 (7.6, 11.3) |
| Secondary | 17.8 (12.8, 22.8) | 21.5 (15.2, 27.8) | 27.8 (25.7, 29.9) | 26.6 (20.7, 32.6) | 13.3 (11.6, 15.1) | 14.5 (9.2, 19.9) |
| University | 17.6 (11.5, 23.7) | 17.1 (10.7, 23.4) | 25.9 (21.1, 30.7) | 21.3 (13.4, 29.3) | 9.2 (6.6, 11.8) | 8.9 (3.4, 14.5) |