Table 2 Waist circumference mean over time among Asian Adults in the United States, 2011–2014 (n = 1288)
From: Prevalence and change of central obesity among US Asian adults: NHANES 2011–2014
Means (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
All | 2011–2012 | 2013–2014 | p-value | |
All | 87.7 (86.8–88.6) | 87.1 (85.8–88.5) | 88.2 (87.2–89.2) | 0.22 |
Age | ||||
20–39 years | 85.1 (83.8–86.3) | 84.0 (82.0–86.1) | 86.1 (84.7–87.4) | 0.09 |
40–59 years | 89.2 (88.3–90.2) | 89.2 (87.8–90.5) | 89.3 (87.9–90.7) | 0.90 |
≥ 60 years | 90.3 (88.9–91.7) | 90.2 (89.1–91.4) | 90.4 (87.9–92.9) | 0.91 |
Sex | ||||
Men | 90.4 (89.5–91.3) | 89.9 (88.6–91.4) | 91.0 (89.8–92.2) | 0.26 |
Women | 85.0 (83.9–86.1) | 85.5 (83.1–86.0) | 85.5 (83.9–87.0) | 0.47 |
Education | ||||
High School or Below | 87.4 (85.7–89.0) | 88.2 (86.0–90.4) | 86.5 (84.0–88.9) | 0.37 |
College or Above | 87.7 (86.8–88.5) | 86.8 (85.8–87.8) | 88.5 (87.4–89.6) | 0.09 |
Poverty status | ||||
Poor | 86.4 (84.2–88.5) | 87.0 (83.6–90.3) | 85.8 (83.3–88.4) | 0.47 |
Non-poor | 87.8 (87.0–88.6) | 87.1 (85.8–88.3) | 88.5 (87.6–89.4) | 0.11 |
Marital Status | ||||
Never married | 87.4 (85.6–89.3) | 87.9 (85.4–90.4) | 86.6 (83.8–89.3) | 0.65 |
Married or living with partner | 88.2 (87.2–89.1) | 87.3 (86.1–88.5) | 88.9 (87.6–90.2) | 0.19 |
Widowed, divorced or separated | 88.8 (85.1–92.5) | 87.9 (84.7–91.0) | 89.4 (83.9–95.0) | 0.63 |
Length of time in the US | ||||
Less than 10 years | 87.6 (85.9–89.3) | 86.7 (84.6–88.7) | 88.8 (86.4–91.3) | 0.20 |
10 to 19 years | 87.5 (86.0–89.0) | 88.0 (86.4–89.6) | 87.1 (84.7–89.5) | 0.49 |
20 years or over | 88.6 (87.5–89.7) | 87.9 (86.0–89.7) | 89.4 (88.0–90.8) | 0.23 |
Born in US | 88.0 (86.0–90.1) | 88.0 (85.5–90.6) | 88.1 (85.1–91.0) | 0.50 |