Table 2. Prevalence (%) of Body Mass Index (BMI) categories and central adiposity (Waist Circumference ≥ cut-off point) with 95% Confidence Interval in Ghana’s adult population (2014/15).
| Underweight | Normal weight | Overweight | Obese |
‡ ‡ Central Adiposity (WC ≥ optimal cut-point) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | ‡Weighted | 9.1 (6.9, 11.9) | 66.2 (61.4, 70.7) | 20.7 (17.1, 24.9) | 3.9 (2.5, 6.2) | 42.7 (38.7, 46.7) |
| Unweighted | 13.4 (12.0, 15.1) | 65.8 (63.6, 67.9) | 17.3 (15.6, 19.1) | 3.5 (2.7, 4.4) | 46.6 (44.3, 48.9) | |
| ‡Parental Education | Low | 9.5 (7.1, 12.5) | 66.0 (61.1, 70.5) | 20.7 (16.7, 25.3) | 3.8 (2.4, 5.9) | 42.6 (38.2, 47.2) |
| High | 8.0 (84.4, 14.0) | 66.8 (56.2, 75.9) | 20.8 (13.0, 29.8) | 4.4 (2.0, 9.5) | 42.8 (34.1, 51.8) | |
| ‡Individual Education | Low | 5.6 (3.5, 8.9) | 68.4 (61.4, 74.7) | 20.6 (16.2, 25.7) | 5.4 (2.9, 9.7) | 42.6 (37.0, 48.4) |
| High | 5.6 (3.5, 8.9) | 68.4 (61.4, 74.7) | 20.6 (16.2, 25.7) | 5.4 (2.9, 9.7) | 42.6 (37.0, 48.4) | |
| ‡Intergenerational Education Mobility | Stable Low | 12.1 (8.7, 16.6) | 64.1 (58.1, .69.7) | 21.1 (16.0, 27.2) | 2.6 (1.3, 5.2) | 43.7 (37.9, 49.7) |
| Stable High | 5.9 (2.9, 10.8) | 67.7 (55.2, 78.1) | 21.2 (13.6, 31.6) | 5.1 (2.2, 11.6) | 45.0 (35.6, 54.7) | |
| Upwardly | 5.4 (3.3, 8.7) | 68.9 (61.6, 75.5) | 20.1 (15.0, 26.4) | 5.6 (2.9, 10.4) | 40.8 (34.1, 48.0) | |
| Downwardly | 14.1 (8.0, 23.6) | 64.1 (44.6, 79.8) | 19.6 (12.0, 26.6) | 2.1 (1.0, 6.9) | 35.9 (18.8, 50.7) | |
| ‡Household Wealth Quintiles | Lowest | 11.5 (7.0, 18.5) | 74.0 (66.7, 80.2) | 13.7 (8.5, 21.2) | 0.8 (0.2, 3.5) | 29.2 (21.1, 38.9) |
| Low | 8.6 (5.0, 14.3) | 76.0 (68.5, 82.1) | 12.6 (8.2, 19.0) | 2.8 (1.0, 6.2) | 41.0 (32.2, 50.5) | |
| Moderate | 13.6 (8.7, 20.5) | 62.0 (52.7, 70.4) | 22.2 (14.7, 32.3) | 2.2 (0.9, 5.6) | 50.7 (40.7, 60.6) | |
| High | 10.2 (6.2, 16.4) | 65.2 (56.8, 72.7) | 20.5 (14.3, 26.4) | 4.1 (1.9, 8.6) | 39.8 (32.1, 48.1) | |
| Highest | 4.2 (1.5, 10.3) | 60.2 (48.9, 70.6) | 28.4 (21.4, 36.6) | 7.1 (3.4, 14.2) | 47.2 (38.5, 56.0) | |
| Women | ‡Weighted | 9.0 (6.6, 12.1) | 45.9 (42.6, 49.2) | 28.0 (25.2, 31.0) | 20.4 (17.8, 23.4) | 70.9 (67.1, 74.4) |
| Unweighted | 9.5 (8.4, 10.7) | 47.8 (45.9, 49.7) | 24.5 (22.9, 26.2) | 18.2 (16.7, 19.7) | 72.7 (71.0, 74.4) | |
| ‡Parental Education | Low | 5.3 (4.0, 7.0) | 47.9 (44.2, 51.5) | 26.9 (23.8, 30.3) | 19.9 (17.1, 23.0) | 71.7 (67.5, 75.6) |
| High | 6.8 (3.8, 10.9) | 40.2 (33.5, 47.2) | 31.0 (25.0, 37.7) | 22.0 (16.5, 28.7) | 68.3 (60.7, 75.0) | |
| ‡Individual Education | Low | 5.7 (4.2, 7.5) | 47.3 (43.4, 51.3) | 27.8 (24.6, 31.3) | 19.2 (16.1, 22.7) | 71.6 (67.4, 75.5) |
| High | 5.7 (3.2, 9.9) | 42.8 (37.0, 48.7) | 28.4 (22.7, 34.8) | 23.2 (18.3, 28.8) | 69.2 (62.2, 75.4) | |
| ‡Intergenerational Education Mobility | Stable Low | 6.0 (4.4, 8.0) | 48.3 (44.2, 52.4) | 26.3 (23.0, 29.9) | 19.4 (16.2, 23.2) | 70.9 (66.3, 75.1) |
| Stable High | 8.5 (4.3, 16.1) | 40.2 (32.4, 48.5) | 27.2 (20.1, 35.5) | 24.2 (17.0, 33.3) | 64.1 (54.5, 72.7) | |
| Upwardly | 2.3 (1.0, 5.5) | 45.9 (36.8, 55.2) | 29.8 (20.9, 40.5) | 22.0 (15.7, 29.9) | 75.2 (65.4, 83.0) | |
| Downwardly | 3.5 (1.1, 9.2) | 40.2 (28.7,50.8) | 38.8 (28.1, 48.7) | 17.6 (11.2, 26.4) | 76.9 (64.6, 85.8) | |
| ‡Household Wealth Quintiles | Lowest | 6.9 (3.6, 13.1) | 56.9 (45.5, 67.6) | 28.8 (19.9, 39.7) | 7.4 (2.8, 14.2) | 55.9 (44.1, 67.1)) |
| Low | 7.4 (4.3, 12.6) | 53.0 (44.3, 61.5) | 26.4 (19.2, 35.3) | 13.1 (7.3, 20.2) | 68.1 (60.2, 75.1) | |
| Moderate | 5.4 (3.6, 8.2) | 52.3 (45.2, 59.4) | 27.4 (21.7, 33.8) | 14.9 (10.5, 20.7) | 73.4 (66.7, 79.3) | |
| High | 7.9 (4.6, 13.3) | 37.1 (31.1, 43.5) | 32.2 (26.1, 38.9) | 22.8 (17.9, 28.6) | 73.4 (66.2, 79.5) | |
| Highest | 2.2 (1.0, 5.1) | 40.8 (34.0, 48.1) | 25.4 (20.1, 31.4) | 31.6 (25.2, 38.7) | 73.6 (65.7, 80.3) | |
| Total Population | ‡Weighted | 7.2 (6.0, 8.7) | 55.2 (52.1, 58.2) | 24.7 (22.3, 27.2) | 12.9 (11.2, 14.8) | 61.9 (60.4, 63.3) |
| Unweighted | 11.2 (10.3, 12.1) | 55.3 (53.8, 56.7) | 21.5 (20.3, 22.7) | 12.1 (11.1, 13.0) | 58.0 (54.8, 61.1) |
‡Weighted Prevalence:—Post-stratified person weight applied. Only weighted prevalence is presented for parents and individual education, intergenerational education mobility and household wealth quintiles
‡ ‡ sub-Sahara waist circumference optimal cut-off point for men (WC≥81.2cm); women (WC≥80.0cm); population level (WC≥81.1cm) [18]