Table 3 Prevalence and annual time trend of nutritional status of children aged 5 to < 10 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 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | -0.148 | < 0,001 | Decrease |
Thinness | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.8 | -0.030 | 0.110 | ||
Eutrophy | 72.2 | 72.0 | 72.7 | 72.5 | 72.9 | 72.0 | 72.4 | 72.4 | 71.5 | 72.0 | 72.4 | 72.5 | -0.017 | 0.604 | ||
Excess of weight | 20.3 | 20.4 | 19.8 | 19.9 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 20.8 | 21.5 | 22.3 | 22.1 | 22.3 | 20.9 | 0.195 | 0.004 | increase | |
Northeast | Marked thinness | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.7 | -0.182 | < 0,001 | Decrease |
Thinness | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.0 | -0.052 | 0.006 | Decrease | |
Eutrophy | 67.9 | 67.2 | 66.3 | 65.4 | 65.7 | 65.5 | 64.9 | 65.0 | 64.0 | 64.8 | 64.8 | 65.3 | -0.248 | 0.001 | Decrease | |
Excess of weight | 23.8 | 24.4 | 25.1 | 26.4 | 26.6 | 26.8 | 28.1 | 28.5 | 29.2 | 28.7 | 29.3 | 28.0 | 0.483 | < 0,001 | Increase | |
Midwest | Marked thinness | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.0 | -0.158 | < 0,001 | Decrease |
Thinness | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 | -0.055 | 0.009 | Decrease | |
Eutrophy | 68.3 | 68.1 | 67.7 | 67.7 | 67.5 | 67.3 | 65.9 | 66.2 | 66.1 | 67.4 | 67.1 | 67.5 | -0.117 | 0.065 | ||
Excess of weight | 24.7 | 25.3 | 25.5 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 26.6 | 27.8 | 28.7 | 28.7 | 27.7 | 28.5 | 27.2 | 0.332 | < 0,001 | Increase | |
Southeast | Marked thinness | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | -0.092 | < 0,001 | Decrease |
Thinness | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.0 | -0.002 | 0.852 | ||
Eutrophy | 69.8 | 68.9 | 68.4 | 67.0 | 66.7 | 65.9 | 65.7 | 64.5 | 64.4 | 64.5 | 64.5 | 65.2 | -0.481 | < 0,001 | Decrease | |
Excess of weight | 24.9 | 25.6 | 26.1 | 27.9 | 28.3 | 29.1 | 29.4 | 31.0 | 31.1 | 31.0 | 31.2 | 29.9 | 0.576 | < 0,001 | Increase | |
South | Marked thinness | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -0.099 | < 0,001 | Decrease |
Thinness | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | -0.032 | 0.002 | Decrease | |
Eutrophy | 67.8 | 67.2 | 66.3 | 65.9 | 64.8 | 63.4 | 63.2 | 62.2 | 62.3 | 62.4 | 62.3 | 63.3 | -0.514 | < 0,001 | Decrease | |
Excess of weight | 28.22 | 28.72 | 29.67 | 30.52 | 31.51 | 33.01 | 33.25 | 34.9 | 34.65 | 34.69 | 35.07 | 33.79 | 0.646 | < 0,001 | Increase | |