From: The educational gradient of obesity increases among Swedish pregnant women: a register-based study
Country of birth | Overweight (25.0-29.9 kg/m2) | Obesity (≥30.0 kg/m2) | ||||||
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n | % | RRa | (95% CI) | n | % | RRa | (95% CI) | |
Sweden | 297,191 | 81.4 | Reference category | 124,563 | 82.1 | Reference category | ||
Nordic countries (excluding Sweden) | 8,407 | 2.3 | 1.04 | (1.01-1.06) | 3,648 | 2.4 | 1.10 | (1.06-1.14) |
EU15, North America, Australia, and New Zealand | 3,423 | 0.9 | 0.89 | (0.86-0.92) | 1,396 | 0.9 | 0.91 | (0.86-0.97) |
Europe (excluding EU15) and former USSR | 13,045 | 3.6 | 0.95 | (0.94-0.97) | 4,465 | 2.9 | 0.73 | (0.71-0.75) |
Africa (excluding North Africa) | 7,357 | 2.0 | 1.21 | (1.18-1.23) | 3,911 | 2.6 | 1.17 | (1.13-1.22) |
North Africa and Middle East | 17,676 | 4.8 | 1.30 | (1.28-1.32) | 7,450 | 4.9 | 1.14 | (1.11-1.17) |
Asiab | 13,362 | 3.7 | 0.87 | (0.86-0.89) | 3,952 | 2.6 | 0.56 | (0.54-0.58) |
Latin America | 4,686 | 1.3 | 1.16 | (1.13-1.20) | 2,321 | 1.5 | 1.27 | (1.21-1.33) |