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Table 7 Prevalence and annual time trend of nutritional status of pregnant 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

Low weight

27.6

27.7

27.4

25.1

24.2

24.3

23.2

21.0

21.0

19.6

18.5

18.3

-0.949

 < 0,001

Decrease

Eutrophy

46.2

47.0

46.6

45.9

45.1

44.0

43.6

42.7

42.4

42.2

40.8

39.2

-0.657

 < 0,001

Decrease

Excess of weight

26.3

25.3

26.0

29.0

30.7

31.8

33.1

36.3

36.7

38.2

40.6

42.5

1.605

 < 0,001

Increase

Northeast

Low weight

26.3

25.4

23.6

22.2

21.4

21.7

20.7

18.8

18.9

18.4

17.1

16.8

-0.841

 < 0,001

Decrease

Eutrophy

44.7

44.6

44.5

43.0

42.2

41.4

40.7

40.3

39.7

38.9

37.5

36.3

-0.762

 < 0,001

Decrease

Excess of weight

29.0

30.1

32.0

34.8

36.4

36.9

38.5

40.9

41.4

42.7

45.4

46.9

1.604

 < 0,001

Increase

Midwest

Low weight

25.3

22.9

22.4

21.1

19.6

19.7

20.3

18.1

17.4

18.3

17.3

17.2

-0.670

 < 0,001

Decrease

Eutrophy

41.4

42.3

42.1

40.7

40.7

39.4

38.0

37.0

37.5

37.2

36.2

35.2

-0.644

 < 0,001

Decrease

Excess of weight

33.3

34.8

35.5

38.2

39.8

40.9

41.8

44.9

45.1

44.5

46.5

47.6

1.314

 < 0,001

Increase

Southeast

Low weight

23.3

22.6

20.5

19.0

19.0

19.4

18.9

17.8

17.6

16.3

15.4

15.4

-0.673

 < 0,001

Decrease

Eutrophy

41.4

40.3

40.3

39.4

39.2

38.7

37.8

37.2

36.6

35.8

34.6

33.8

-0.654

 < 0,001

Decrease

Excess of weight

35.3

37.1

39.2

41.6

41.8

42.0

43.3

45.0

45.7

47.9

50.0

50.8

1.327

 < 0,001

Increase

South

Low weight

18.1

17.9

17.3

16.6

16.0

15.9

16.0

15.0

14.4

13.7

12.6

12.6

-0.515

 < 0,001

Decrease

Eutrophy

43.4

42.2

42.0

40.4

39.5

38.7

37.6

37.0

37.0

36.0

34.6

33.9

-0.846

 < 0,001

Decrease

Excess of weight

38.5

39.9

40.7

43.0

44.5

45.3

46.4

48.0

48.6

50.3

52.8

53.5

1.361

 < 0,001

Increase

  1. Note: * Annual average variation is calculated by the linear regression method; **P value indicates the results of the two-sided t test