Table 3.
Characteristics of the studied population at the 2004–05 and 2012–13 visits according to mental health, body composition, precursors of complex chronic diseases and human capital variables
| Indicator | 2004–05 |
2012–13 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Mental health | ||||
| Prevalence of common mental disorders | 23.5% | 32.8% | 20.0% | 31.5% |
| Prevalence of major depressive episode | NA | NA | 4.6% | 12.5% |
| Prevalence of attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder | NA | NA | 3.0% | 4.2% |
| Body composition | ||||
| Body mass index (kg/m2)a | 23.8 (4.1) | 23.4 (4.6) | 27.0 (5.0) | 26.7 (6.0) |
| Prevalence of overweight (body mass index > 25 kg/m2) | 30.7% | 25.6% | 62.9% | 52.4% |
| Prevalence of obesity (body mass index > 30 kg/m2) | 7.5% | 9.1% | 22.1% | 23.8% |
| Visceral abdominal fat thickness (cm)a | NA | NA | 6.9 (2.0) | 4.9 (1.7) |
| Subcutaneous abdominal fat thickness (cm)a | NA | NA | 1.9 (1.0) | 2.6 (1.2) |
| Fat mass percentage (BodPod)a | NA | NA | 24.5 (9.2) | 37.4 (8.5) |
| Precursors of chronic disease | ||||
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)a | 123 (14) | 111 (13) | 128 (12) | 115 (12) |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)a | 76 (12) | 71 (11) | 77 (9) | 74 (9) |
| Carotid intima-media thickness (μm)a | NA | NA | 585 (21) | 579 (15) |
| Prevalence of tobacco smoking | 27.6 | 23.6 | 26.0 | 21.3 |
| Forced expiratory volume in 1 s (l/s)a | NA | NA | 4.0 (0.6) | 2.9 (0.5) |
| Human capital | ||||
| Achieved schooling (years)a | 9.0 (3.1) | 9.8 (3.1) | 10.9 (4.0) | 11.7 (4.3) |
| Intelligence quotient (points)a | NA | NA | 98.5 (12.8) | 97.5 (12.4) |
NA, data not available.
aMean and standard deviation.