Table 1.
General characteristics of the study population, categorized by country
| Gender (%) | Age (years) | Age categories (years) (%) | BMI (kg/m2) | Socioeconomic level (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | 18–29 | 30–39 | 40–49 | ≥50 | AB | C | D | |||
| Mexico (n = 1498) | 38.3 | 61.7 | 38.4 (37.7, 39.2) | 34.0 | 20.8 | 19.6 | 25.7 | ND | 6.7 | 45.6 | 47.7 |
| Brazil (n = 1924) | 48.9 | 51.1 | 34.6 (34.1, 35.1) | 38.1 | 26.5 | 25.5 | 9.9 | ND | 20.1 | 45.5 | 34.4 |
| Argentina (n = 507) | 47.5 | 52.5 | 37.4 (36.3, 38.6) | 37.5 | 21.1 | 17.8 | 23.7 | ND | 8.5 | 55.4 | 36.1 |
| Spain (n = 1240) | 50.8 | 49.2 | 42.9 (42.1, 43.7) | 19.0 | 23.5 | 24.8 | 32.7 | 25.6 (25.4, 25.8) | 25.4 | 70.8 | 3.8 |
| France (n = 1534) | 52.4 | 47.6 | 44.7 (43.9, 45.4) | 18.8 | 19.8 | 21.3 | 40.1 | 25.2 (25, 25.5) | ND | ND | ND |
| UK (n = 897) | 41.4 | 58.6 | 43.9 (42.9, 44.9) | 18.4 | 24.1 | 23.2 | 34.3 | 27.2 (26.7, 27.6) | 17.3 | 53.4 | 29.3 |
| Germany (n = 1868) | 45.8 | 54.2 | 42.9 (42.3, 43.5) | 17.0 | 21.3 | 28.7 | 33.0 | 26.2 (26, 26.5) | ND | ND | ND |
| Poland (n = 1062) | 48.7 | 51.3 | 46.1 (45.1, 47.1) | 19.5 | 19.9 | 17.8 | 42.8 | 26 (25.8, 26.3) | 10.0 | 73.0 | 17.0 |
| Turkey (n = 961) | 50.8 | 49.2 | 34.4 (33.7, 35) | 38.1 | 27.6 | 23.4 | 10.9 | 25 (24.7, 25.3) | ND | ND | ND |
| Iran (n = 572) | 49.5 | 50.5 | 36.9 (35.9, 37.9) | 36.0 | 26.0 | 19.8 | 18.2 | 25.3 (24.9, 25.7) | 22.6 | 34.4 | 43.0 |
| China (n = 1466) | 50 | 50 | 39.4 (38.8, 40) | 24.7 | 25.4 | 25.8 | 24.1 | 22.7 (22.5, 22.8) | ND | ND | ND |
| Indonesia (n = 1366) | 32.5 | 67.5 | 35.2 (34.6, 35.9) | 39.3 | 27.6 | 17.3 | 15.7 | ND | 25.8 | 55.4 | 18.7 |
| Japan (n = 1381) | 50.5 | 49.5 | ND | 26.4 | 27.2 | 21.3 | 25.1 | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Total populationa (n = 16,276) | 46.6 | 53.4 | 39.8 (39.6, 40.1) | 27.5 | 23.9 | 22.7 | 25.9 | 25.1 (25, 25.2) | 17.5 | 54.3 | 28.1 |
Data expressed as mean (95 % CI) or percentage
BMI body mass index, ND no data
aInclude only those countries with data available on the presented characteristics