Table 6 Prevalence and annual time trend of nutritional status of elderly people by Brazilian region from 2008 to 2019. There is a 95% confidence level

North

Low weight

20.1

20.3

18.5

18.8

19.0

17.2

17.5

13.8

14.0

13.4

12.7

12.5

-0.795

 < 0,001

Decrease

Eutrophy

43.0

42.9

42.2

41.6

41.2

40.5

39.9

38.5

38.7

38.5

38.1

38.0

-0.510

 < 0,001

Decrease

Excess of weight

36.9

36.8

39.3

39.6

39.9

42.2

42.6

47.7

47.3

48.0

49.2

49.5

1.305

 < 0,001

Increase

Northeast

Low weight

20.4

21.6

19.5

18.6

17.7

19.8

17.5

15.6

15.4

14.8

13.9

13.9

-0.694

 < 0,001

Decrease

Eutrophy

40.7

41.7

40.4

41.1

41.0

41.5

40.0

40.3

40.5

40.2

39.6

39.8

-0.132

 < 0,001

Decrease

Excess of weight

38.9

36.6

40.1

40.3

41.3

38.7

42.5

44.1

44.1

45.0

46.6

46.3

0.826

 < 0,001

Increase

Midwest

Low weight

19.2

17.4

17.4

15.6

14.7

15.5

15.2

13.0

12.8

12.8

12.2

11.6

-0.634

 < 0,001

Decrease

Eutrophy

39.9

39.7

39.5

39.3

37.9

38.0

36.5

34.3

35.1

35.9

35.6

35.5

-0.500

 < 0,001

Decrease

Excess of weight

40.9

43.0

43.1

45.1

47.4

46.5

48.3

52.8

52.1

51.3

52.2

52.9

1.135

 < 0,001

Increase

Southeast

Low weight

19.6

20.0

18.2

17.4

16.4

17.4

17.0

14.4

14.0

14.1

13.5

13.0

-0.639

 < 0,001

Decrease

Eutrophy

38.3

39.5

38.8

38.5

38.2

38.6

38.6

37.3

37.1

37.2

36.8

36.5

-0.227

 < 0,001

Decrease

Excess of weight

42.1

40.5

43.0

44.1

45.4

44.0

44.4

48.3

49.0

48.7

49.7

50.5

0.866

 < 0,001

Increase

South

Low weight

13.1

13.7

12.6

10.9

10.6

10.6

11.3

9.6

10.5

9.7

8.9

8.9

-0.397

 < 0,001

Decrease

Eutrophy

36.4

36.5

36.8

35.0

34.3

33.2

32.5

32.8

33.8

33.2

32.6

32.5

-0.402

 < 0,001

Decrease

Excess of weight

50.5

49.8

50.6

54.2

55.1

56.2

56.2

57.6

55.7

57.1

58.5

58.6

0.799

 < 0,001

Increase