Table 3 Age-adjusted prevalence (95% confidence interval, CI) of normal weight, overweight, obesity and central obesity in the beginning of the study and the changes in them in women according to the study area and age group

45-54 years

Number of subjects

725

713

369

358

Normal weight

41.5

(37.9 - 45.1)

2.1

(-3.0 - 7.2)

40.1

(35.1 - 45.1)

7.4

(0.2 - 14.6)

Overweight

35.2

(31.7 - 38.7)

-1.4

(-6.3 - 3.5)

37.4

(32.4 - 42.4)

-7.0

(-13.8 - -0.1)

Obesity

23.3

(20.2 - 26.4)

-0.7

(-5.1 - 3.6)

22.5

(18.2 - 26.8)

-0.4

(-6.5 - 5.6)

   Class 1 obesity

16.4

(13.7 - 19.1)

-1.0

(-4.8 - 2.8)

13.3

(9.8 - 16.8)

0.7

(-4.3 - 5.7)

   Class 2 obesity

5.4

(3.7 - 7.0)

-0.5

(-2.8 - 1.8)

7.6

(4.9 - 10.3)

-2.8

(-6.3 - 0.7)

   Class 3 obesity

1.5

(0.6 - 2.4)

0.7

(-0.7 - 2.1)

1.6

(0.3 - 2.9)

1.7

(-0.5 - 4.0)

Central obesity IDF

68.0

(64.6 - 71.4)

0.7

(-4.1 - 5.5)

62.8

(57.8 - 67.7)

2.8

(-4.2 - 9.8)

Central obesity WHO

42.0

(38.4 - 45.6)

2.4

(-2.7 - 7.6)

34.5

(29.6 - 39.4)

4.1

(-2.9 - 11.2)

55-64 years

Number of subjects

812

746

436

407

Normal weight

30.5

(27.4 - 33.7)

3.8

(-0.9 - 8.4)

28.9

(24.6 - 33.2)

6.2

(-0.1 - 12.5)

Overweight

39.9

(36.5 - 43.3)

-0.9

(-5.8 - 4.0)

40.4

(35.7 - 45.0)

-4.0

(-10.6 - 2.6)

Obesity

29.6

(26.4 - 32.7)

-2.9

(-7.4 - 1.6)

30.7

(26.4 - 35.1)

-2.2

(-8.4 - 4.0)

   Class 1 obesity

18.6

(15.9 - 21.3)

-1.3

(-5.1 - 2.5)

20.9

(17.0 - 24.7)

-3.4

(-8.8 - 1.9)

   Class 2 obesity

7.8

(5.9 - 9.6)

-0.5

(-3.1 - 2.1)

7.8

(5.3 - 10.3)

-0.7

(-4.2 - 2.9)

   Class 3 obesity

3.2

(2.0 - 4.4)

-1.1

(-2.7 - 0.6)

2.1

(0.7 - 3.4)

1.9

(-0.4 - 4.2)

Central obesity IDF

76.5

(73.6 - 79.4)

2.9

(-1.3 - 7.0)

73.3

(69.2 - 77.5)

2.1

(-3.8 - 8.0)

Central obesity WHO

52.7

(49.3 - 56.2)

-1.8

(-6.8 - 3.1)

48.0

(43.3 - 52.8)

2.3

(-4.5 - 9.1)

65-74 years

Number of subjects

486

715

249

419

Normal weight

26.3

(22.4 - 30.3)

0.7

(-4.5 - 5.8)

22.5

(17.3 - 27.7)

6.6

(-0.3 - 13.6)

Overweight

40.9

(36.6 - 45.3)

-0.8

(-6.5 - 4.9)

41.4

(35.2 - 47.5)

-2.7

(-10.4 - 5.0)

Obesity

32.7

(28.5 - 36.9)

0.2

(-5.3 - 5.6)

36.1

(30.1 - 42.2)

-3.9

(-11.4 - 3.5)

   Class 1 obesity

23.0

(19.3 - 26.8)

0.0

(-4.8 - 4.9)

26.1

(20.6 - 31.6)

-2.7

(-9.5 - 4.0)

   Class 2 obesity

6.8

(4.5 - 9.0)

0.1

(-2.8 - 3.0)

8.8

(5.3 - 12.4)

-1.9

(-6.1 - 2.3)

   Class 3 obesity

2.9

(1.4 - 4.4)

0.1

(-1.9 - 2.0)

1.2

(-0.2 - 2.6)

0.7

(-1.3 - 2.7)

Central obesity IDF

81.1

(77.6 - 84.6)

-0.8

(-5.4 - 3.7)

77.5

(72.3 - 82.7)

5.1

(-1.1 - 11.3)

Central obesity WHO

58.8

(54.5 - 63.2)

-2.7

(-8.4 - 3.0)

54.2

(48.0 - 60.4)

2.6

(-5.2 - 10.4)

Total

Number of subjects

2023

2174

1054

1184

Normal weight

33.5

(31.4 - 35.5)

2.1

(-0.7 - 5.0)

31.3

(28.5 - 34.1)

6.7

(2.8 - 10.6)

Overweight

38.5

(36.3 - 40.6)

-1.0

(-4.0 - 1.9)

39.6

(36.6 - 42.5)

-4.6

(-8.6 - -0.5)

Obesity

28.1

(26.1 - 30.0)

-1.1

(-3.8 - 1.6)

29.1

(26.4 - 31.9)

-2.1

(-5.9 - 1.6)

   Class 1 obesity

18.9

(17.2 - 20.6)

-0.6

(-2.9 - 1.8)

19.4

(17.1 - 21.8)

-1.8

(-5.0 - 1.5)

   Class 2 obesity

6.7

(5.6 - 7.8)

-0.4

(-1.9 - 1.1)

8.0

(6.3 - 9.6)

-1.7

(-3.9 - 0.4)

   Class 3 obesity

2.5

(1.8 - 3.2)

-0.1

(-1.1 - 0.8)

1.7

(0.9 - 2.5)

1.4

(0.1 - 2.6)

Central obesity IDF

74.6

(72.7 - 76.5)

1.1

(-1.5 - 3.7)

70.6

(67.9 - 73.4)

3.2

(-0.5 - 6.8)

Central obesity WHO

50.3

(48.2 - 52.5)

-0.4

(-3.4 - 2.6)

44.8

(41.8 - 47.8)

3.0

(-1.1 - 7.1)