Table 2.

Sex-specific body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference of different age cohorts of study population across phases I, III, and V

			BMI (kg/m2)				Waist Circumference (cm)
	Age cohort (years)	N	Phase I	Phase III	Phase V	P trend	Phase I	Phase III	Phase V	P trend
Men	20–29	371	24.5 ± 4.3	27.2 ± 4.3	28.1 ± 4.3	< 0.001	82.5 ± 11.4	95.3 ± 10.9	98.4 ± 10.7	< 0.001
	30–39	576	26.2 ± 3.9	27.6 ± 4.3	28.1 ± 4.4	< 0.001	88.1 ± 10.5	96.3 ± 10.5	98.4 ± 10.8	< 0.001
	40–49	442	26.4 ± 3.5	27.4 ± 3.7	27.5 ± 4.2	< 0.001	90.3 ± 9.7	96.7 ± 9.3	97.7 ± 9.5	< 0.001
	50–59	336	26.7 ± 3.6	27.1 ± 3.6	27.1 ± 3.8	0.001	92.2 ± 9.9	97.4 ± 9.3	98.1 ± 9.9	< 0.001
	60–69	250	26.2 ± 3.8	26.4 ± 3.7	26.0 ± 3.9	0.005	92.0 ± 10.7	96.9 ± 10.3	96.1 ± 10.9	< 0.001
	≥70	49	25.6 ± 3.6	25.8 ± 3.9	25.5 ± 4.5	0.395	90.4 ± 8.8	95.8 ± 9.6	95.5 ± 11.6	< 0.001
	Total	2024	23.4 ± 5.4	25.9 ± 4.7	27.0 ± 4.5	< 0.001	88.8 ± 10.9	96.4 ± 10.10	97.8 ± 10.1	< 0.001
Women	20–29	618	24.4 ± 4.6	26.5 ± 4.7	28.0 ± 4.9	< 0.001	78.3 ± 11.3	82.1 ± 11.5	89.0 ± 10.9	< 0.001
	30–39	816	27.1 ± 4.5	28.7 ± 4.8	29.9 ± 5.0	< 0.001	84.7 ± 11.0	88.5 ± 11.5	94.2 ± 11.4	< 0.001
	40–49	706	29.2 ± 4.4	30.4 ± 4.6	31.3 ± 6.0	< 0.001	91.3 ± 11.1	94.8 ± 11.3	99.1 ± 11.5	< 0.001
	50–59	496	29.4 ± 4.3	30.2 ± 4.6	30.9 ± 4.9	< 0.001	93.9 ± 10.5	97.3 ± 11.0	100.7 ± 11.2	< 0.001
	60–69	215	28.4 ± 4.1	29.1 ± 4.3	29.3 ± 4.7	< 0.001	94.5 ± 10.2	96.7 ± 10.9	98.8 ± 11.5	< 0.001
	≥70	20	27.3 ± 3.4	27.8 ± 3.1	27.2 ± 3.7	0.418	92.1 ± 9.7	93.6 ± 7.6	94.3 ± 9.7	0.545
	Total	2871	25.0 ± 6.2	27.2 ± 5.6	28.6 ± 5.6	< 0.001	87.3 ± 12.4	90.8 ± 12.6	95.8 ± 12.1	< 0.001

Data are presented as mean ± SD