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Table 1 Prevalence of Body Weight Status According to Demographic, Reported History, and Measured Variables Among Residents 35 to 93 Years in Danang City, Vietnam, 2010

From: Double burden: a cross-sectional survey assessing factors associated with underweight and overweight status in Danang, Vietnam

 

Total

Standard WHO Cutoffs

Suggested Asian Cutoffs

  

Underweight

Normal

Overweight or Obese

P-value*

Normal

Overweight or Obese

P-value*

Characteristic

 

<18.5 kg/m2

18.5 – 24.9 kg/m2

≥ 25 kg/m2

 

18.5 – <23 kg/m2

≥ 23 kg/m2

 

Participants, n**

1621

200

1151

258

 

866

543

 

Male, %

43.9

39.5

44.7

44.2

0.17

45.6

44.0

0.17

Age, years, %

    

0.013

  

0.0031

<45

64.1

51.0

66.6

63.0

 

66.2

65.4

 

45-64

19.7

19.5

19.0

23.4

 

18.8

21.3

 

65-74

9.5

14.0

8.6

10.1

 

9.0

8.7

 

75+

6.7

15.5

5.8

3.5

 

5.9

4.6

 

Age, years, mean

52.0

56.7

51.0

52.1

0.031

51.1

51.4

0.017

Urbanization, %

    

0.033

  

0.010

Urban

52.0

31.0

51.8

69.0

 

47.7

66.5

 

Mixed urban–rural

18.1

19.5

18.4

15.5

 

18.6

16.8

 

Rural

29.9

49.5

29.8

15.5

 

33.7

16.8

 

Monthly income , %

    

0.013

  

0.016

<2 million dong

20.1

37.4

18.7

13.3

 

21.2

20.1

 

2-3.9 million dong

31.8

34.4

32.0

28.9

 

34.0

31.8

 

4-5.9 million dong

21.8

16.9

22.2

23.8

 

20.4

21.8

 

>6 million dong

26.3

11.3

27.1

34.0

 

24.4

26.3

 

Education , n(%)

    

0.089

  

0.029

No formal schooling

4.9

10.6

4.2

3.5

 

4.4

3.5

 

Grade school

78.0

81.5

78.0

75.2

 

79.6

74.2

 

High school

6.9

5.0

7.3

6.6

 

7.2

7.2

 

University or post-grad

10.3

3.0

10.5

14.7

 

8.9

15.1

 

Reported history , %

        

Tooth pain

31.2

30.0

32.6

26.0

0.2

30.8

32.2

0.7

Joint pain

23.1

24.0

22.4

25.2

0.7

22.1

24.3

0.7

Gum pain

14.1

13.5

13.2

14.0

1.0

12.8

16.2

0.4

Hypertension

14.1

10.5

12.8

22.9

0.036

11.5

19.7

0.022

High cholesterol

6.0

2.0

4.8

14.7

0.008

3.7

11.2

0.013

Diabetes

4.0

2.0

10.2

4.0

0.014

2.2

7.5

<0.001

Chest pain ≥ 30 min

4.8

4.0

4.8

5.4

0.8

4.3

5.9

0.5

Myocardial infarction

0.2

0.0

0.1

1.2

0.072

0.1

0.5

0.2

Stroke

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.7

0.2

0.2

0.8

No. stroke symptoms , n%

    

0.18

  

0.2

0

75.5

69.4

76.0

78.0

 

75.5

77.8

 

1

12.2

12.1

12.0

13.3

 

11.8

13.0

 

2

8.3

10.6

8.5

5.5

 

9.4

5.8

 

3+

3.9

8.0

3.4

3.1

 

3.4

3.3

 

Smoking status , %

    

0.065

  

0.064

Nonsmoker

59.3

49.0

60.1

64.0

 

57.7

65.8

 

Former smoker

14.4

13.0

13.9

17.8

 

14.7

14.6

 

Current smoker

26.2

38.0

26.0

18.2

 

27.6

19.7

 

Drinks per week, %

    

0.2

  

0.4

None

65.2

71.5

64.9

61.6

 

64.2

64.5

 

< ½

14.1

8.5

14.2

18.2

 

14.5

15.7

 

½ to 2

9.4

10.5

9.1

9.7

 

9.0

9.6

 

≥ 3

11.3

9.5

11.8

10.5

 

12.3

10.3

 

Clinical Measurements

        

Systolic, mmHg, mean

128.2

123.7

127.8

132.9

0.031

127.5

130.6

0.02

Diastolic, mmHg, mean

80.6

77.3

80.3

84.5

0.018

80.0

82.8

0.016

Hypertension (SBP ≥ 140 or DBP ≥ 90)

27.7

19.5

26.9

38.0

0.047

26.3

33.0

0.004

Fast walk, seconds, mean

3.6

4.1

3.6

3.4

0.4

3.6

3.4

0.4

FEV, L/min, mean

2.0

1.89

2.02

2.02

0.02

2.01

2.03

0.02

PEF, L/min, mean

2.1

2.0

2.1

2.1

0.2

2.1

2.1

0.2

  1. *p-value for design-based F statistic.
  2. **Population prevalence estimates based on reweighting for these participants in sample.
  3. Self-reported.