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Table 4 Age and sex-specific prevalence of overweight/obesity among 2805 randomly selected residents of Salamis, 20 years of age and older.

From: Prevalence, and associated risk factors, of self-reported diabetes mellitus in a sample of adult urban population in Greece: MEDICAL Exit Poll Research in Salamis (MEDICAL EXPRESS 2002)

 

Men

Women

Total

Age group (years)

Overweight %

Obese %

Overweight %

Obese %

Overweight %

Obese %

20–29

46.3

11.0

19.9

3.4

32.6

7.0

30–39

49.8

20.1

27.2

9.4

37.9

14.5

40–49

56.1

23.6

40.2

14.8

48.3

19.3

50–59

55.9

27.0

43.2

28.2

49.4

27.6

60–69

55.0

22.9

45.5

24.7

50.3

23.8

≥70

59.2

16.4

39.2

22.5

48.7

19.6

Total

53.5

20.1

35.2

16.6

44.2

18.4

95%CI

50.9–56.2

18.1–22.1

32.8–37.7

15.2–19.2

42.4–46.1

16.9–19.8

  1. Overweight: Subjects with BMI = 25–29.99 kg/m2 Obese: Subjects with BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2