Table 2 Prevalence and annual time trend of nutritional status of children aged 2 to < 5 years by Brazilian region, from 2008 to 2019. There is a 95% confidence level
From: Characterization of the prevalence of excess weight in Brazil
Regions | Nutritional status | Ano | *Annual average variation | **P value | Trend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||||
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |||||
North | Marked thinness | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 | -0.142 | < 0,001 | Decrease |
Thinness | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.1 | -0.015 | 0.475 | ||
Eutrophy | 63.3 | 63.0 | 63.5 | 62.8 | 65.0 | 63.3 | 63.5 | 65.4 | 64.3 | 66.3 | 66.8 | 67.8 | 0.391 | < 0,001 | Increase | |
Excess of weight | 28.4 | 29.2 | 28.5 | 29.3 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 29.5 | 27.9 | 28.8 | 27.0 | 27.5 | 24.7 | -0.233 | 0.028 | ||
Northeast | Marked thinness | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.8 | -0.180 | < 0,001 | Decrease |
Thinness | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | -0.033 | 0.043 | ||
Eutrophy | 58.9 | 58.6 | 58.5 | 58.1 | 59.3 | 59.0 | 57.7 | 59.4 | 58.2 | 59.9 | 60.4 | 61.6 | 0.194 | 0.024 | Increase | |
Excess of weight | 31.7 | 32.3 | 32.0 | 32.8 | 32.0 | 32.5 | 34.2 | 33.1 | 33.7 | 32.7 | 32.8 | 30.5 | 0.019 | 0.822 | ||
Midwest | Marked thinness | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.9 | -0.199 | < 0,001 | Decrease |
Thinness | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.6 | -0.049 | 0.030 | ||
Eutrophy | 61.8 | 61.6 | 61.6 | 61.4 | 61.9 | 62.0 | 60.8 | 62.4 | 62.3 | 64.6 | 64.7 | 66.7 | 0.382 | 0.003 | Increase | |
Excess of weight | 29.9 | 30.5 | 30.4 | 30.7 | 30.5 | 30.7 | 31.7 | 31.4 | 31.3 | 29.5 | 30.1 | 26.7 | -0.134 | 0.228 | ||
Southeast | Marked thinness | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | -0.066 | 0.001 | Decrease |
Thinness | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 0.005 | 0.737 | ||
Eutrophy | 62.5 | 62.5 | 62.1 | 61.1 | 61.5 | 60.1 | 60.3 | 61.1 | 61.3 | 62.4 | 62.4 | 64.3 | 0.079 | 0.435 | ||
Excess of weight | 31.3 | 31.4 | 31.5 | 33.0 | 32.5 | 33.9 | 33.6 | 33.4 | 33.0 | 32.2 | 32.2 | 29.5 | -0.018 | 0.872 | ||
South | Marked thinness | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | -0.101 | < 0,001 | Decrease |
Thinness | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.1 | -0.025 | 0.004 | Decrease | |
Eutrophy | 61.0 | 60.8 | 60.8 | 60.5 | 60.7 | 58.8 | 58.7 | 59.2 | 60.2 | 61.2 | 61.4 | 63.6 | 0.106 | 0.368 | ||
Excess of weight | 34.2 | 34.7 | 34.6 | 35.2 | 35.0 | 36.9 | 37.0 | 37.2 | 35.8 | 35.1 | 35.4 | 32.9 | 0.020 | 0.863 | ||