Table 1 Prevalence of obesity for the men in 1995 and 2007, by demographic, socio-economic and behavioural factors
From: Socioeconomic inequality and obesity prevalence trends in luxembourg, 1995–2007
1995 | 2007 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Average BMI (SD) | Overweight | Obese | N | Average BMI (SD) | Overweight | Obese | ||
Total | 5117 | 25.1 (4.4) | 37.3 | 14.3 | 7768 | 25.5 (4.6) | 36.4 | 17.8 | |
Men | |||||||||
All | 2471 | 25.9 (4.0) | 46.3 | 15.1 | 3821 | 26.0 (4.1) | 43.9 | 17.9 | |
Age groups | 16-24 | 178 | 24.0 (2.8) | 34.7 | 4.9 | 519 | 23.4 (3.9) | 26.2 | 7.0 |
25-34 | 585 | 24.8 (3.5) | 38.8 | 9.7 | 651 | 25.1 (3.3) | 42.8 | 11.4 | |
35-44 | 560 | 26.0 (4.0) | 47.1 | 15.9 | 827 | 25.9 (3.5) | 46.7 | 15.4 | |
45-54 | 431 | 26.7 (4.4) | 52.7 | 18.6 | 748 | 26.9 (4.5) | 47.0 | 22.1 | |
55-64 | 344 | 27.0 (3.9) | 52.8 | 20.9 | 497 | 27.4 (4.1) | 45.3 | 29.1 | |
65+ | 374 | 26.2 (4.1) | 49.3 | 17.6 | 579 | 27.0 (4.5) | 51.5 | 23.4 | |
Nationality | Luxembourgers | 1827 | 25.9 (4.1) | 45.1 | 15.8 | 2328 | 26.1 (4.8) | 43.9 | 18.7 |
Portuguese | 194 | 25.3 (3.0) | 46.4 | 11.0 | 561 | 25.7 (3.4) | 44.2 | 16.3 | |
French | 94 | 26.3 (4.4) | 51.8 | 13.8 | 188 | 24.9 (2.7) | 37.5 | 10.5 | |
German | 41 | 26.4 (3.5) | 58.6 | 17.2 | 81 | 26.5 (3.0) | 52.4 | 17.1 | |
Others | 315 | 25.7 (3.5) | 50.1 | 13.6 | 664 | 25.9 (3.6) | 44.0 | 18.5 | |
Marital status | Single | 646 | 24.7 (3.4) | 36.6 | 9.5 | 1184 | 24.3 (3.9) | 33.4 | 8.8 |
Married | 1623 | 26.3 (4.1) | 49.7 | 17.2 | 2294 | 26.7 (3.9) | 49.3 | 21.7 | |
Divorced/separated | 100 | 26.2 (4.2) | 53.8 | 13.9 | 239 | 26.3 (3.4) | 40.2 | 20.5 | |
Widowed | 102 | 26.0 (4.4) | 47.6 | 17.2 | 104 | 28.4 (5.5) | 50.7 | 30.9 | |
Educational level | Primary | 882 | 26.2 (4.1) | 45.8 | 18.6 | 900 | 26.3 (3.9) | 46.1 | 20.3 |
Secondary | 1054 | 25.7 (3.8) | 46.6 | 13.4 | 2015 | 26.1 (4.5) | 44.4 | 18.5 | |
Tertiary | 523 | 25.5 (3.9) | 46.4 | 12.3 | 869 | 25.2 (3.4) | 39.9 | 12.8 | |
Profession | Managers and Intellectual professions | 479 | 25.5 (4.0) | 47.4 | 12.1 | 642 | 25.2 (3.2) | 46.5 | 9.0 |
Intermediate Professions | 339 | 25.7 (3.7) | 48.3 | 14.0 | 519 | 26.2 (4.4) | 45.7 | 18.8 | |
Employed | 169 | 25.4 (3.5) | 40.8 | 12.6 | 388 | 25.9 (3.8) | 46.0 | 15.3 | |
Agricultural workers/Craftsmen/ Workers/No profession | 1483 | 26.1 (4.0) | 46.2 | 16.6 | 2271 | 26.2 (4.3) | 42.3 | 20.6 | |
Place of residence | Centre- North | 271 | 25.8 (4.3) | 48.4 | 11.2 | 474 | 26.2 (4.8) | 35.7 | 21.3 |
Centre- South | 1238 | 26.0 (4.0) | 46.1 | 15.9 | 1841 | 25.8 (3.9) | 47.2 | 15.9 | |
East | 230 | 25.9 (4.1) | 48.5 | 13.8 | 438 | 26.4 (4.6) | 43.1 | 17.3 | |
North | 72 | 27.0 (3.9) | 46.9 | 26.4 | 235 | 26.4 (4.3) | 43.3 | 25.4 | |
West | 185 | 25.9 (4.0) | 44.3 | 17.8 | 241 | 27.3 (3.8) | 49.7 | 27.0 | |
Luxembourg-city | 425 | 25.3 (3.5) | 45.1 | 12.8 | 592 | 25.3 (3.8) | 38.3 | 15.0 | |
Physical activity | Yes | 991 | 25.4 (3.7) | 47.2 | 10.7 | 2041 | 25.3 (3.8) | 44.1 | 12.6 |
No | 1471 | 26.2 (4.0) | 46.0 | 18.1 | 1779 | 26.7 (4.3) | 43.5 | 23.9 | |
Diet | Balanced | 2040 | 25.7 (3.9) | 47.0 | 13.9 | 3265 | 25.8 (4.1) | 43.8 | 17.0 |
Unbalanced | 308 | 26.7 (4.5) | 44.5 | 23.1 | 471 | 27.1 (4.3) | 43.9 | 24.5 | |
No know | 118 | 25.8 (3.7) | 40.5 | 14.8 | 81 | 26.1 (3.7) | 49.0 | 17.2 | |