Table 2 Prevalence of general obesity and abdominal obesity according to socio-demographic characteristics.

From: Prevalence and determinants of obesity and its association with upper gastrointestinal diseases in people aged 40–69 years in Yangzhong, southeast China

Characteristic

BMI (kg/m2)

WC (cm)

WHR

WHtR

Underweight/normal weight

Overweight

Obesity

Normal

Central-obesity

Normal

Central-obesity

Normal

Central-obesity

Overall

3189 (47.3)

2737 (40.6)

810 (12.0)

3372 (50.1)

3364 (49.9)

1385 (20.6)

5351 (79.4)

2447 (36.3)

4289 (63.7)

Gender

 Male

1296 (44.0)

1254 (42.6)

397 (13.5)

1899 (64.4)

1048 (35.6)

643 (21.8)

2304 (78.2)

1147 (38.9)

1800 (61.1)

 Female

1893 (50.0)

1483 (39.1)

413 (10.9)

1473 (38.9)

2316 (61.1)

742 (19.6)

3047 (80.4)

1300 (34.3)

2489 (65.7)

Age group (years)

 40–49

578 (46.3)

494 (39.6)

177 (14.2)

692 (55.4)

557 (44.6)

421 (33.7)

828 (66.3)

564 (45.2)

685 (54.8)

 50–59

1366 (45.3)

1260 (41.8)

389 (12.9)

1490 (49.4)

1525 (50.6)

626 (20.8)

2389 (79.2)

1122 (37.2)

1893 (62.8)

 60–69

1245 (50.4)

983 (39.8)

244 (9.9)

1190 (48.1)

1282 (51.9)

338 (13.7)

2134 (86.3)

761 (30.8)

1711 (69.2)

Marital status

 Currently married

2954 (46.9)

2583 (41.0)

765 (12.1)

3175 (50.4)

3127 (49.6)

1305 (20.7)

4997 (79.3)

2312 (36.7)

3990 (63.3)

 Othersa

235 (54.1)

154 (35.5)

45 (10.4)

197 (45.4)

237 (54.6)

80 (18.4)

354 (81.6)

135 (31.1)

299 (68.9)

Residence

 Rural

2536 (48.3)

2093 (39.9)

622 (11.8)

2668 (50.8)

2583 (49.2)

1045 (19.9)

4206 (80.1)

1877 (35.7)

3374 (64.3)

 Urban

653 (44.0)

644 (43.4)

188 (12.7)

704 (47.4)

781 (52.6)

340 (22.9)

1145 (77.1)

570 (38.4)

915 (61.6)

Education

 Primary school and below

1203 (49.4)

959 (39.4)

275 (11.3)

1057 (43.4)

1380 (56.6)

362 (14.9)

2075 (85.1)

749 (30.7)

1688 (69.3)

 Junior middle school

1501 (47.2)

1306 (41.0)

375 (11.8)

1686 (53.0)

1496 (47.0)

776 (24.4)

2406 (75.6)

1244 (39.1)

1938 (60.9)

 Senior middle school and above

485 (43.4)

472 (42.3)

160 (14.3)

629 (56.3)

488 (43.7)

247 (22.1)

870 (77.9)

454 (40.6)

663 (59.4)

Average annual household income (CNY)

 0–29,999

347 (53.3)

231 (35.5)

73 (11.2)

305 (46.9)

346 (53.1)

102 (15.7)

549 (84.3)

201 (30.9)

450 (69.1)

 3–69,999

912 (47.7)

788 (41.3)

210 (11.0)

942 (49.3)

968 (50.7)

355 (18.6)

1555 (81.4)

645 (33.8)

1265 (66.2)

 7–109,999

874 (47.8)

725 (39.7)

228 (12.5)

931 (51.0)

896 (49.0)

406 (22.2)

1421 (77.8)

694 (38.0)

1133 (62.0)

 ≥ 110,000

1056 (45.0)

993 (42.3)

299 (12.7)

1194 (50.9)

1154 (49.1)

522 (22.2)

1826 (77.8)

907 (38.6)

1441 (61.4)

  1. Data are summarized as n (%). The chi-square test was used for comparisons between groups.
  2. CNY Chinese Yuan, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, WHR waist-to-hip ratio, WHtR waist-to-height ratio.
  3. aNever married, divorced, separated, and widowed.