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. 2021 Feb 17;45(6):1215–1228. doi: 10.1038/s41366-021-00760-2

Table 2.

Sociodemographic, economic, health and anthropometric characteristics of Mexican adults (n = 37,969) aged 18+ inhabiting urban areas of Mexico; data from the nationally representative, cross-sectional, 2012 ENSANUTa.

Variable Underweightb Healthy weightb Overweightb Obeseb Total N (%) Mean BMI (kg/m2) (95% CI) β (95% CI) p value
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
All 618 (100) 10,772 (100) 14,122 (100) 12,457 (100) 37,969 (100)
Gender
Men 259 (42) 5,324 (49) 6,671 (47) 4,421 (35) 16,675 (44) 27.37 (27.26, 27.48) Ref
Women 359 (58) 5,448 (51) 7,451 (53) 8,036 (64) 21,294 (56) 28.63 (28.52, 28.74) 1.25 (1.11, 1.40) <0.001
Age
18–24 298 (48) 3,306 (31) 1,725 (12) 1,067 (9) 6,396 (17) 25.29 (25.12, 25.47) Ref
25–34 87 (14) 2,194 (20) 2,738 (19) 2,197 (18) 7,216 (19) 27.86 (27.70, 28.03) −2.57 (−2.80, −2.33) <0.001
35–44 48 (8) 1,623 (15) 3,512 (25) 3,391 (27) 8,574 (23) 29.29 (29.14, 29.43) −3.99 (−4.21, −3.78) <0.001
45–54 30 (5) 1,142 (11) 2,505 (18) 2,739 (22) 6,416 (17) 29.59 (29.42, 29.77) −4.30 (−4.53, −4.06) <0.001
55–64 33 (5) 920 (9) 1,780 (13) 1,734 (14) 4,467 (12) 29.13 (28.93, 29.32) −3.83 (−4.08, −3.58) <0.001
65+ 122 (20) 1,587 (15) 1,862 (13) 1,329 (11) 4,900 (13) 27.41 (27.21, 27.60) −2.11 (−2.36, −1.86) <0.001
Physical activity
Active 29 (5) 460 (4) 619 (4) 670 (5) 1,778 (17) 28.00 (27.82, 28.17) Ref
Moderately active 19 (3) 306 (3) 390 (3) 417 (3) 1,132 (11) 28.57 (28.10, 29.04) −0.57 (−1.07, −0.07) 0.024
Inactive 96 (15) 2,260 (21) 2,877 (20) 2,451 (20) 7,677 (20) 28.57 (28.23, 28.90) −0.57 (−0.96, −0.17) 0.005
Missing 474 (77) 7,746 (72) 10,243 (72) 8,919 (72) 27,382 (52) 28.03 (27.94, 28.12) −0.03 (−0.22, 0.15) 0.732
Household SEPc
Highest 141 (32) 2,575 (28) 2,735 (20) 2,008 (17) 7,459 (21) 27.28 (27.09, 27.46) Ref
Second highest 86 (20) 1,841 (20) 2,758 (20) 2,510 (21) 7,195 (20) 28.45 (28.28, 28.62) −0.13 (−0.36, 0.09) 0.246
Middle 71 (16) 1,692 (18) 2,751 (20) 2,554 (21) 7,068 (20) 28.52 (28.34, 28.70) 0.16 (−0.08, 0.41) 0.188
Second lowest 80 (18) 1,529 (17) 2,606 (19) 2,552 (21) 6,767 (19) 28.82 (28.66, 28.98) 0.24 (−0.0005, 0.47) 0.051
Lowest 58 (13) 1,510 (16) 2,573 (19) 2,439 (20) 6,580 (19) 28.69 (28.52, 28.86) 1.41 (1.16, 1.66) <0.001
Car ownership
Owns a car 101 (16) 2,189 (20) 3,334 (24) 3,011 (24) 8,635 (23) 28.24 (28.24, 28.53) Ref
Does not own a car 516 (83) 8,575 (80) 10,775 (76) 9,437 (76) 29,303 (77) 27.96 (27.87, 28.06) 0.42 (0.25, 0.59) <0.001
Missing 1 (0) 8 (0.01) 13 (0.02) 9 (0.02) 31 (0.1) 27.54 (25.66, 29.43) 0.84 (−1.05, 2.72) 0.383
Region
South 153 (35) 3,557 (39) 5,393 (40) 4,652 (39) 13,755 (39) 28.27 (28.13, 28.41) Ref
North 116 (27) 1,988 (22) 3,040 (23) 3,241 (27) 8,385 (24) 28.89 (28.72, 29.05) −0.62 (−0.83, −0.40) <0.001
Centre 162 (37) 3,513 (38) 4,822 (36) 4,019 (33) 12,516 (36) 28.12 (27.98, 28.26) 0.15 (−0.042, 0.35) 0.124
Metropolitan area 5 (1) 89 (1) 168 (1) 151 (1) 413 (1) 28.65 (28.04, 29.26) −0.38 (−1.04, 0.24) 0.232
Deprivation
Low 376 (61) 6,336 (59) 8,833 (65) 8,259 (66) 23,804 (63) 28.23 (28.13, 28.33) Ref
High 242 (39) 4,436 (41) 5,289 (37) 4,198 (34) 14,165 (37) 27.47 (27.35, 27.60) 0.80 (0.60, 0.92) <0.001
Urbanicity
Rural 242 (39) 4,365 (41) 4,993 (35) 3,801 (31) 13,401 (35) 27.31 (27.17, 27.46) Ref
Urban 114 (18) 2,156 (20) 3,153 (22) 3,030 (24) 8,453 (22) 28.45, (28.27, 28.63) −1.14 (−1.37, −0.91) <0.001
Metropolitan 262 (42) 4,251 (39) 5,976 (42) 5,626 (45) 16,115 (42) 28.30 (28.18, 28.42) −0.99 (−1.73, −0.80) <0.001
Food programme
Participates 461 (75) 8,161 (76) 10,941 (77) 9,620 (77) 29,183 (77) 28.10 (28.01, 28.19) Ref
Does not participate 157 (75) 2,611 (76) 3,181 (77) 2,837 (23) 8,786 (23) 27.92 (27.74, 28.09) 0.18 (0.0001, 0.36) 0.05
Health service
Covered 191 (31) 2,709 (25) 2,718 (19) 2,338 (19) 7,956 (21) 27.53 (27.37, 27.69) Ref
Not covered 427 (69) 8,063 (75) 11,404 (81) 10,119 (81) 30,013 (79) 28.23 (28.14, 28.32) −0.69 (−0.087, −0.52) <0.001

Mean BMI (kg/m2) (95% CI): mean body mass index with 95% confidence interval by category using survey design.

β (95% CI): beta coefficient and 95% confidence interval represent point estimate for linear combinations of coefficients. Each variable is compared with the reference category.

aENSANUT: National Health and Nutrition Survey in Mexico.

bBody mass index (BMI): underweight: 15 to <18.5 kg/m2; healthy weight: ≥18.5 to <25 kg/m2; overweight: 25 to <30 kg/m2; obese: ≥30 kg/m2.

cQuintiles.