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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 9.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2021 Jul 3;398(10294):53–63. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00798-4

Table 2. Annual change in standardised mean BMI and prevalence of obesity and overweight during 2004-2010 and 2010-2018.

Men Women Both
2004-2010 2010-2018 P* 2004-2010 2010-2018 p* 2004-2010 2010-2018 p*
Change (& 95% CI) in mean BMI (kg/m2)
  Overall 0.22 (0.17, 0.27) 0.11 (0.08, 0.14) 0.0014 0.12 (0.07, 0.17) 0.06 (0.03, 0.09) 0.0299 0.17 (0.12, 0.22) 0.09 (0.06, 0.11) 0.0044
  Urban 0.22 (0.15, 0.28) 0.10 (0.05, 0.15) 0.0067 0.13 (0.07, 0.20) 0.03 (-0.01, 0.07) 0.0102 0.17 (0.12, 0.23) 0.06 (0.02, 0.10) 0.0046
  Rural 0.21 (0.15, 0.28) 0.11 (0.08, 0.15) 0.0096 0.12 (0.05, 0.19) 0.09 (0.05, 0.12) 0.2507 0.17 (0.10, 0.23) 0.10 (0.07, 0.13) 0.0568
% change (& 95% CI) in obesity prevalence
  Overall 12.2 (7.8, 17.1) 7.5 (5.7, 9.4) 0.0464 5.8 (2.1, 9.8) 4.4 (2.7, 6.1) 0.2796 8.7 (4.9, 12.8) 6.0 (4.4, 7.6) 0.1346
  Urban 13.5 (7.2, 20.9) 6.7 (4.2, 9.2) 0.0400 6.3 (0.8, 12.8) 2.7 (0.4, 5.1) 0.1546 9.7 (4.2, 16.1) 5.0 (2.8, 7.2) 0.0831
  Rural 11.3 (5.5, 18.1) 7.5 (5.0, 10.1) 0.1600 5.6 (0.7, 11.0) 5.5 (3.2, 7.9) 0.4983 8.0 (3.1, 13.5) 6.5 (4.4, 8.7) 0.3257
% change (& 95% CI) in overweight prevalence
  Overall 8.7 (6.6, 10.9) 3.4 (2.6, 4.2) <0.0001 4.2 (2.3, 6.2) 1.9 (1.1, 2.8) 0.0313 6.4 (4.6, 8.4) 2.7 (2.0, 3.4) 0.0007
  Urban 7.9 (5.5, 10.5) 2.5 (1.4, 3.6) 0.0002 4.0 (1.6, 6.6) 1.0 (-0.3, 2.3) 0.0357 6.1 (3.8, 8.5) 1.9 (0.8, 3.0) 0.0019
  Rural 9.4 (6.3, 12.8) 3.8 (2.7, 4.8) 0.0009 4.4 (1.7, 7.3) 2.6 (1.5, 3.7) 0.1498 6.7 (4.0, 9.7) 3.2 (2.2, 4.2) 0.0168
*

p-value for difference in annual changes for 2004-2010 versus 2010-2018.