From: Prevalence and change of central obesity among US Asian adults: NHANES 2011–2014
Characteristics | Prevalence (95% CI), % | ||
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Men | Women | p-value | |
Age | |||
20–39 years | 41.0 (34.7–47.3) | 49.5 (42.5–56.5) | 0.0256 |
40–59 years | 56.9 (52.2–61.6) | 73.6 (68.9–78.3) | <0.0001 |
≥ 60 years | 62.8 (56.3–69.3) | 81.3 (73.7–88.9) | <0.0001 |
Education | |||
High School or Below | 49.0 (41.3–56.6) | 66.2 (55.4–76.9) | 0.0005 |
College or Above | 51.5 (46.8–56.2) | 63.9 (59.3–68.6) | <0.0001 |
Poverty status | 0.0108 | ||
Poor | 37.1 (28.5–45.7) | 67.6 (55.5–79.7) | <0.0001 |
Non-poor | 52.7 (48.3–57.1) | 64.6 (60.2–69.1) | 0.0002 |
Marital Status | |||
Never married | 57.4 (43.2–71.6) | 57.6 (48.4–66.9) | 0.99 |
Married or living with partner | 52.9 (46.9–58.9) | 68.2 (63.1–73.2) | <0.0001 |
Widowed, divorced or separated | 54.8 (33.6–76.1) | 66.1 (48.7–83.5) | 0.17 |
Length of time in the US | |||
Less than 10 years | 52.8 (43.3–62.3) | 63.4 (53.4–73.3) | 0.0483 |
10 to 19 years | 52.1 (45.1–59.2) | 65.4 (60.0–70.8) | 0.0012 |
20 years or over | 52.2 (44.1–60.4) | 74.0 (66.1–81.9) | 0.0002 |
Born in US | 46.4 (32.9–60.0) | 58.2 (45.7–70.6) | 0.08 |