Table 2.

Adjusted^a obesity odds ratios in four surveys of Iranian adults.

Variable	2000		2007		2009		2011
	ORb	95% CIc	ORb	95% CIc	ORb	95% CIc	ORb	95% CIc
Age
20–30	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
30–40	2.44	2.18–2.72	2.61	2.35–2.91	2.42	2.14–2.72	2.16	1.81–2.59
40–50	3.52	3.13–3.94	3.66	3.30–4.06	3.74	3.23–4.20	3.41	2.86–4.08
50–60	3.40	2.98–3.88	3.52	3.17–3.90	3.52	3.13–3.94	3.25	2.74–3.86
60+	3.02	1.78–2.31	3.25	2.86–3.69	3.15	2.72–3.65	2.82	2.29–3.46
Sex
Men	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Women	2.40	2.10–2.74	2.35	2.15–2.58	2.57	2.36–2.79	1.58	1.34–1.85
Place of residence
Rural	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Urban	1.98	1.81–2.16	1.63	1.53–1.74	1.49	1.39–1.61	1.46	1.29–1.65
Employment status
Other	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Public employed	0.72	0.61–0.84	0.76	0.67–0.87	0.74	0.58–0.96	0.55	0.45–0.67
Private employed	0.84	0.73–0.97	0.93	0.84–1.02	0.82	0.70–0.95	0.77	0.64–0.92
Smoking status
Nonsmoker	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Current smoker	0.65	0.56–0.76	0.69	0.63–0.77	0.77	0.68–0.88	0.57	0.46–0.69

^aAdjusted for all other variables in the table.

^bOdds ratio.

^cConfidence interval.