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Table 4 Age adjusted prevalence a , prevalence difference and prevalence ratio in BMI ≥30 kg/m 2 in 24 municipalities ranged by the Norwegian Centrality Index

From: Social and spatial patterns of obesity diffusion over three decades in a Norwegian county population: the HUNT Study

  HUNT1 (1985–97) HUNT2 (1995–97) HUNT3 (2006–08)
Centrality index Prevalence (%) Prevalence diff. (%) Prevalence ratio Prevalence (%) Prevalence diff. (%) Prevalence ratio Prevalence (%) Prevalence diff. (%) Prevalence ratio
Central 10.22 Ref. Ref. 16.36 Ref. Ref. 21.69 Ref. Ref.
Intermediate 10.91 0.69 1.17 16.77 0.41 1.03 23.18 1.49 1.07
Distal 11.91 1.69 1.17 17.22 0.86 1.05 28.16 6.47 1.30
  1. Men and women 30–69 years old in The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT).
  2. aDirect adjustment for age using five years age groups, the standard population being men and women 30–69 years old as of 1 January 1999 in The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study.
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