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. 2017 Nov 17;33(1):e3. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e3

Table 3. Distribution of overall age-standardized overweight prevalences, overweight prevalences by income quintiles and interquintile income gaps in overweight prevalence, findings for 245 local districts using the NHSD and the CHS in Korea, 2009–2014.

Variables NHSD, 2009–2014 CHS, 2009–2014
Median SD Minimum Maximum IQR Median SD Minimum Maximum IQR
Men Overall 38.5% 2.8%p 31.1% 48.8% 3.7%p 28.5% 2.6%p 22.1% 37.2% 3.6%p
Income Q1 (lowest) 37.2% 2.7%p 30.7% 46.8% 3.6%p 25.6% 3.6%p 15.4% 37.0% 4.3%p
Income Q2 37.1% 2.9%p 29.8% 47.4% 3.6%p 27.5% 3.4%p 17.6% 36.1% 4.5%p
Income Q3 38.0% 3.1%p 30.7% 49.2% 4.1%p 28.9% 3.5%p 19.8% 38.5% 4.5%p
Income Q4 39.0% 3.0%p 30.4% 49.9% 4.0%p 29.8% 3.8%p 20.9% 42.0% 4.8%p
Income Q5 (highest) 40.9% 2.9%p 32.9% 50.8% 4.0%p 31.9% 3.6%p 17.4% 41.7% 4.8%p
Q1–Q5 −3.9%p 1.5%p −7.9%p 2.2%p 1.9%p −5.7%p 4.3%p −18.2%p 7.9%p 5.3%p
Women Overall 34.0% 3.9%p 22.1% 44.6% 4.8%p 22.2% 2.9%p 12.6% 30.8% 3.6%p
Income Q1 (lowest) 35.3% 3.9%p 25.2% 48.6% 4.9%p 25.1% 3.4%p 16.0% 33.6% 4.5%p
Income Q2 34.7% 3.8%p 23.8% 45.9% 5.2%p 24.0% 3.5%p 13.1% 34.8% 4.6%p
Income Q3 34.2% 4.0%p 21.8% 46.1% 4.8%p 22.6% 3.9%p 12.1% 34.4% 4.9%p
Income Q4 33.3% 4.1%p 20.7% 45.6% 5.0%p 21.1% 3.6%p 9.2% 33.1% 4.7%p
Income Q5 (highest) 31.5% 4.1%p 18.6% 42.6% 5.2%p 19.8% 3.6%p 10.8% 30.4% 4.6%p
Q1–Q5 4.0%p 1.6%p 0.4%p 8.9%p 2.1%p 4.9%p 3.7%p −8.3%p 14.4%p 5.0%p

NHSD = National Health Screening Database, CHS = Community Health Survey, SD = standard deviation, IQR = interquartile range.