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Table 4 The prevalence of overweight, obesity and abdominal obesity among Chinese adults in different smoking status, married status, and education degree from the CHNS: 1989–2011

From: The prevalence and increasing trends of overweight, general obesity, and abdominal obesity among Chinese adults: a repeated cross-sectional study

Indicators

1989

1991

1993

1997

2000

2004

2006

2009

2011

Z

P

n

%(CI)

n

%(CI)

n

%(CI)

n

%(CI)

n

%(CI)

n

%(CI)

n

%(CI)

n

%(CI)

n

%(CI)

Overweight

 Smoking status

  No smoking

–

–

1371

25.61 (24.44–26.78)

1407

27.04 (25.84–28.25)

1733

30.57 (29.37–31.77)

2261

35.67 (34.49–36.85)

2274

37.04 (35.83–38.24)

2359

37.94 (36.74–39.15)

2485

38.42 (37.23–39.61)

3575

41.13 (40.10–42.17)

21.23

<.0001

  Smoking

–

–

603

20.11 (18.67–21.54)

612

22.34 (20.78–23.90)

718

26.19 (24.54–27.83)

982

33.20 (31.50–34.90)

1056

35.82 (34.09–37.55)

1046

37.07 (35.28–38.85)

1169

39.52 (37.76–41.28)

1565

40.64 (39.09–42.19)

20.99

<.0001

 Married status

  Never married

89

11.38 (9.16–13.61)

173

13.32 (11.47–15.17)

169

14.02 (12.06–15.99)

213

18.08 (15.88–20.28)

242

21.67 (19.25–24.08)

189

23.68 (20.73–26.63)

154

24.25 (20.92–27.59)

107

17.86 (14.8–20.93)

169

24.28 (21.1–27.47)

9.43

<.0001

  Married

982

23.07 (21.81–24.34)

1697

26.15 (25.08–27.22)

1738

27.98 (26.87–29.10)

2110

31.94 (30.81–33.06)

2714

37.52 (36.40–38.63)

2873

38.54 (37.44–39.65)

2964

39.21 (38.11–40.31)

3206

40.72 (39.64–41.81)

4505

42.80 (41.85–43.74)

26.59

<.0001

  Divorced

4

21.05 (2.72–39.38)

18

30.00 (18.40–41.60)

15

35.71 (21.22–50.21)

14

20.90 (11.16–30.63)

28

30.77 (21.29–40.25)

51

43.59 (34.60–52.57)

43

36.13 (27.50–44.77)

62

37.58 (30.19–44.97)

93

32.98 (27.49–38.47)

1.23

0.2193

  Widowed

5

23.81 (5.59–42.03)

93

18.24 (14.88–21.59)

100

19.88 (16.39–23.37)

123

22.49 (18.99–25.98)

158

27.67 (24–31.34)

203

29.99 (26.53–33.44)

235

33.86 (30.34–37.38)

267

35.74 (32.31–39.18)

346

35.67 (32.66–38.68)

8.22

<.0001

 Education degree

  Primary school or none

509

21.23 (19.59–22.86)

1184

24.74 (23.52–25.97)

1115

26.03 (24.71–27.34)

1225

28.84 (27.48–30.21)

1433

34.66 (33.21–36.11)

1432

35.60 (34.12–37.07)

1414

36.59 (35.08–38.11)

1489

37.30 (35.80–38.80)

1756

38.62 (37.20–40.03)

19.95

<.0001

  Middle school degree

533

21.34 (19.73–22.94)

741

21.93 (20.53–23.32)

844

24.43 (23.00–25.86)

1098

29.23 (27.78–30.69)

1589

34.98 (33.59–36.36)

1761

37.54 (36.15–38.93)

1788

38.44 (37.04–39.83)

1960

39.89 (38.52–41.26)

2754

42.82 (41.61–44.03)

23.77

<.0001

  College or above

22

19.64 (12.28–27.00)

54

30.86 (24.01–37.70)

47

35.34 (27.21–43.46)

76

37.07 (30.46–43.68)

142

37.27 (32.42–42.13)

136

37.06 (32.12–42.00)

198

39.76 (35.46–44.06)

201

39.64 (35.39–43.90)

623

40.43 (37.98–42.88)

4.52

<.0001

Obesity

 Smoking status

  No smoking

–

–

243

4.54 (3.98–5.10)

238

4.57 (4.01–5.14)

410

7.23 (6.56–7.91)

587

9.26 (8.55–9.97)

657

10.70 (9.93–11.47)

687

11.05 (10.27–11.83)

812

12.55 (11.75–13.36)

1315

15.13 (14.38–15.88)

23.48

<.0001

  Smoking

–

–

88

2.93 (2.33–3.54)

86

3.14 (2.49–3.79)

137

5.00 (4.18–5.81)

209

7.07 (6.14–7.99)

242

8.21 (7.22–9.20)

253

8.97 (7.91–10.02)

290

9.80 (8.73–10.88)

540

14.02 (12.93–15.12)

18.31

<.0001

 Married status

  Never married

3

0.38 (0.00–0.82)

8

0.62 (0.19–1.04)

9

0.75 (0.26–1.23)

20

1.70 (0.96–2.44)

42

3.76 (2.64–4.88)

38

4.76 (3.28–6.24)

23

3.62 (2.17–5.08)

34

5.68 (3.82–7.53)

68

9.77 (7.56–11.98)

12.22

<.0001

  Married

94

2.21 (1.77–2.65)

293

4.51 (4.01–5.02)

294

4.73 (4.21–5.26)

483

7.31 (6.68–7.94)

680

9.40 (8.73–10.07)

779

10.45 (9.76–11.15)

833

11.02 (10.31–11.73)

958

12.17 (11.45–12.89)

1594

15.14 (14.46–15.83)

26.58

<.0001

  Divorced

2

10.53 (0.00–24.33)

4

6.67 (0.35–12.98)

1

2.38 (0.00–6.99)

5

7.46 (1.17–13.76)

4

4.40 (0.18–8.61)

7

5.98 (1.69–10.28)

6

5.04 (1.11–8.97)

14

8.48 (4.23–12.74)

36

12.77 (8.87–16.66)

2.10

0.0354

  Widowed

1

4.76 (0.00–13.87)

26

5.10 (3.19–7.01)

25

4.97 (3.07–6.87)

41

7.50 (5.29–9.70)

51

8.93 (6.59–11.27)

72

10.64 (8.31–12.96)

76

10.95 (8.63–13.27)

88

11.78 (9.47–14.09)

154

15.88 (13.58–18.18)

6.96

<.0001

 Education degree

  Primary school or none

56

2.34 (1.73–2.94)

230

4.81 (4.20–5.41)

210

4.90 (4.26–5.55)

294

6.92 (6.16–7.69)

356

8.61 (7.76–9.47)

417

10.37 (9.42–11.31)

429

11.10 (10.11–12.09)

510

12.78 (11.74–13.81)

688

15.13 (14.09–16.17)

20.54

<.0001

  Middle school degree

41

1.64 (1.14–2.14)

91

2.69 (2.15–3.24)

108

3.13 (2.55–3.71)

218

5.80 (5.06–6.55)

371

8.17 (7.37–8.96)

439

9.36 (8.52–10.19)

468

10.06 (9.20–10.92)

539

10.97 (10.10–11.84)

968

15.05 (14.18–15.92)

23.17

<.0001

  College or above

2

1.79 (0.00–4.24)

7

4.00 (1.10–6.90)

4

3.01 (0.10–5.91)

18

8.78 (4.91–12.65)

36

9.45 (6.51–12.39)

44

11.99 (8.67–15.31)

41

8.23 (5.82–10.65)

52

10.26 (7.62–12.9)

196

12.72 (11.06–14.38)

4.66

<.0001

Abdominal obesity

 Smoking status

  No smoking

–

–

–

–

1194

24.08 (22.89–25.27)

1578

28.65 (27.46–29.84)

2252

36.00 (34.81–37.19)

2491

41.13 (39.89–42.37)

2625

43.19 (41.94–44.43)

3115

48.66 (47.44–49.89)

4494

51.74 (50.69–52.79)

39.93

<.0001

  Smoking

–

–

–

–

263

10.06 (8.91–11.21)

391

14.58 (13.25–15.92)

620

21.24 (19.76–22.72)

705

24.29 (22.73–25.85)

725

26.16 (24.53–27.80)

879

30.03 (28.37–31.69)

1439

37.42 (35.89–38.94)

28.06

<.0001

 Married status

  Never married

–

–

–

–

71

6.18 (4.79–7.58)

98

8.54 (6.93–10.16)

153

13.97 (11.92–16.03)

130

16.65 (14.03–19.26)

98

15.68 (12.83–18.53)

94

15.91 (12.96–18.85)

160

23.02 (19.89–26.15)

11.85

<.0001

  Married

–

–

–

–

1247

21.04 (20.00–22.07)

1691

26.29 (25.22–27.37)

2397

33.52 (32.42–34.61)

2713

36.87 (35.77–37.97)

2874

38.84 (37.73–39.95)

3415

43.81 (42.71–44.91)

5094

48.42 (47.46–49.37)

42.19

<.0001

  Divorced

–

–

–

–

13

33.33 (18.54–48.13)

14

21.54 (11.54–31.53)

18

20.00 (11.74–28.26)

39

33.91 (25.26–42.57)

35

30.17 (21.82–38.53)

55

33.54 (26.31–40.76)

106

37.86 (32.18–43.54)

2.82

0.0049

  Widowed

–

–

–

–

138

29.36 (25.24–33.48)

167

31.69 (27.72–35.66)

233

41.31 (37.25–45.38)

301

45.40 (41.61–49.19)

336

49.56 (45.79–53.32)

411

55.77 (52.18–59.35)

548

56.61 (53.49–59.73)

11.95

<.0001

 Education degree

  Primary school or none

–

–

–

–

971

23.86 (22.55–25.17)

1150

27.90 (26.53–29.27)

1449

35.45 (33.98–36.91)

1615

40.73 (39.20–42.26)

1615

42.79 (41.21–44.37)

1935

48.95 (47.39–50.51)

2345

51.63 (50.18–53.08)

32.90

<.0001

  Middle school degree

–

–

–

–

447

13.54 (12.37–14.71)

695

19.00 (17.73–20.28)

1210

27.02 (25.72–28.32)

1457

31.52 (30.18–32.86)

1578

34.57 (33.19–35.95)

1879

38.67 (37.30–40.04)

2961

46.06 (44.85–47.28)

37.90

<.0001

  College or above

–

–

–

–

31

23.48 (16.25–30.72)

59

28.92 (22.70–35.14)

108

28.88 (24.28–33.47)

123

33.79 (28.93–38.65)

147

30.31 (26.22–34.40)

178

35.46 (31.27–39.64)

616

40.00 (37.55–42.45)

5.47

<.0001

  1. CHNS China Health and Nutrition Survey