Table 3 Waist circumference evolution according to age category in 2002 (n = 685). Firminopolis, Brazil (2002–2015)
From: Predictors of overweight/obesity in a Brazilian cohort after 13 years of follow-up
Normal WCa | Increased WCa | Substantially increased WCa | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age in 2002 (years) | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | |||
n (%) | p | n (%) | p | n (%) | p | ||||
18–33 | 131 (61.8) | 62 (29.4) | 0.030* | 49 (23.1) | 60 (28.4) | 0.210 | 32 (15.1) | 89 (42.2) | <0.001* |
34–49 | 119 (47.2) | 52 (20.9) | <0.001* | 69 (27.4) | 59 (23.7) | 0.350 | 64 (25.4) | 138 (55.4) | <0.001* |
50–64 | 61 (36.3) | 34 (20.2) | <0.001* | 46 (27.4) | 41 (24.4) | 0.540 | 61(36.3) | 93 (55.4) | <0.001* |
>65 | 20 (37.7) | 18 (34.0) | 0.690 | 10 (18.9) | 9 (17.0) | 0.810 | 23 (43.4) | 26 (49.1) | 0.570 |