Table 1.
Trends in the prevalence of obesity according to sex and occupation of workers younger than 65 yrs
| Male |
I (1998) |
II (2001) |
III (2005) |
IV (2007-2009) |
V (2010-2012) |
VI (2013-2015) |
P for trend | ||||||
|
n = 2,607 |
p |
n = 2,068 |
p |
n = 1,615 |
p |
n = 4,672 |
p |
n = 4,786 |
p |
n = 3,966 |
p |
||
| Age (yr) | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | |||||||
| Nonmanual | 37.5 (0.43) | 39.1 (0.50) | 38.2 (0.56) | 39.4 (0.32) | 39.6 (0.30) | 40.5 (0.30) | 0.0004 | ||||||
| Service/sales | 39.8 (0.54) | 41.8 (0.67) | 39.6 (0.69) | 38.9 (0.42) | 39.2 (0.54) | 38.6 (0.55) | 0.0007 | ||||||
| Manual | 42.6 (0.36) | 44.2 (0.46) | 42.2 (0.60) | 43.2 (0.35) | 44.7 (0.33) | 45.6 (0.34) | <.0001 | ||||||
| Overall | 40.4 (0.26) | 42.1 (0.30) | 40.3 (0.38) | 41.0 (0.22) | 41.8 (0.23) | 42.3 (0.22) | 0.0059 | ||||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 0.0020 | 0.0110 | 0.5520 | <.0001 | <.0001 | 0.1444 | |||||||
| Nonmanual | 23.6 (0.12) | 24.1 (0.14) | 24.3 (0.14) | 24.4 (0.08) | 24.6 (0.10) | 24.6 (0.09) | 0.0004 | ||||||
| Service/sales | 23.7 (0.13) | 24.1 (0.17) | 24.3 (0.21) | 24.5 (0.12) | 24.3 (0.17) | 24.3 (0.15) | 0.7496 | ||||||
| Manual | 23.2 (0.10) | 23.7 (0.10) | 24.1 (0.16) | 24.0 (0.08) | 24.0 (0.08) | 24.5 (0.09) | <.0001 | ||||||
| Overall | 23.5 (0.08) | 23.9 (0.08) | 24.2 (0.10) | 24.2 (0.05) | 24.3 (0.06) | 24.5 (0.06) | <.0001 | ||||||
| Obesity (%) | 0.0065 | 0.0204 | 0.4849 | 0.0004 | 0.0022 | 0.4805 | |||||||
| Nonmanual | 29.3 (1.86) | 37.3 (2.28) | 38.6 (2.28) | 40.8 (1.28) | 42.4 (1.46) | 40.4 (1.35) | <.0001 | ||||||
| Service/sales | 33.0 (2.11) | 38.6 (2.80) | 41.0 (3.13) | 43.1 (1.96) | 37.7 (2.25) | 37.5 (2.05) | 0.0033 | ||||||
| Manual | 25.5 (1.54) | 31.2 (1.75) | 36.5 (2.22) | 35.3 (1.21) | 35.5 (1.20) | 40.2 (1.29) | <.0001 | ||||||
| Overall |
28.4 (1.16) |
34.9 (1.40) |
38.1 (1.37) |
38.8 (0.79) |
38.5 (0.87) |
39.8 (0.84) |
<.0001 |
||||||
|
Female |
n = 1,911 |
p |
n = 1,473 |
p |
n = 1,338 |
p |
n = 3,897 |
p |
n = 4,144 |
p |
n = 3,741 |
p |
|
| Age (yr) | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | |||||||
| Nonmanual | 29.7 (0.46) | 31.5 (0.57) | 31.4 (0.50) | 33.8 (0.31) | 34.5 (0.30) | 36.2 (0.30) | <.0001 | ||||||
| Service/sales | 39.5 (0.53) | 40.9 (0.46) | 42.5 (0.65) | 41.4 (0.41) | 43.1 (0.43) | 43.5 (0.45) | <.0001 | ||||||
| Manual | 46.8 (0.50) | 46.2 (0.58) | 46.4 (0.56) | 48.4 (0.31) | 48.4 (0.38) | 48.6 (0.50) | <.0001 | ||||||
| Overall | 39.6 (0.37) | 40.2 (0.37) | 39.8 (0.44) | 40.6 (0.24) | 41.3 (0.25) | 41.4 (0.26) | <.0001 | ||||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | |||||||
| Nonmanual | 21.6 (0.15) | 21.6 (0.15) | 21.7 (0.20) | 22.0 (0.10) | 22.1 (0.12) | 22.2 (0.09) | 0.0002 | ||||||
| Service/sales | 23.6 (0.16) | 23.8 (0.17) | 23.6 (0.17) | 23.3 (0.12) | 23.5 (0.13) | 23.2 (0.13) | 0.0099 | ||||||
| Manual | 23.7 (0.15) | 24.3 (0.18) | 24.2 (0.23) | 23.9 (0.10) | 24.1 (0.13) | 24.0 (0.12) | 0.0619 | ||||||
| Overall | 23.1 (0.10) | 23.4 (0.11) | 23.1 (0.13) | 23.0 (0.07) | 23.1 (0.08) | 22.9 (0.07) | 0.0028 | ||||||
| Obesity (%) | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | |||||||
| Nonmanual | 13.5 (1.78) | 10.2 (1.73) | 13.5 (2.01) | 14.5 (1.10) | 17.7 (1.20) | 17.5 (1.06) | <.0001 | ||||||
| Service/sales | 30.4 (1.95) | 32.8 (2.27) | 30.2 (2.56) | 28.7 (1.60) | 28.9 (1.51) | 25.9 (1.53) | 0.0302 | ||||||
| Manual | 33.3 (1.96) | 39.7 (2.73) | 35.2 (2.70) | 33.2 (1.45) | 35.5 (1.68) | 33.5 (1.67) | 0.9504 | ||||||
| Overall | 27.0 (1.24) | 29.1 (1.31) | 25.9 (1.51) | 24.7 (0.79) | 26.3 (0.83) | 24.0 (0.80) | 0.0026 | ||||||
BMI, body mass index; SE, standard error.
All values are presented as mean (SE). Significant values (P < .05) are in italics.