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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of variables used, n (%)

From: Gender-specific temporal trends in overweight prevalence among Chinese adults: a hierarchical age-period-cohort analysis from 2008 to 2015

Variables

Overall

Men

Women

p value

Total

55,726 (100.0)

27,344 (49.1)

28,382 (50.9)

 

Age (years), Mean (SD)

48.0 (16.1)

48.6 (16.2)

47.4 (16.0)

<  0.001

Overweight

   

<  0.001

 No

38,624 (69.3)

18,220 (66.6)

20,404 (71.9)

 

 Yes

17,102 (30.7)

9124 (33.4)

7978 (28.1)

 

Residence

   

<  0.001

 Rural

26,621 (47.8)

13,277 (48.6)

13,344 (47.0)

 

 Urban

29,105 (52.2)

14,067 (51.4)

15,038 (53.0)

 

Ethnicity

   

<  0.001

 Han

51,269 (92.0)

26,056 (91.8)

25,213 (92.2)

 

 Minority

4457 (8.0)

2326 (8.2)

2131 (7.8)

 

Education

   

0.001

 Less than college

46,964 (84.3)

22,617 (82.7)

24,347 (85.8)

 

 College or above

8762 (15.7)

4727 (17.3)

4035 (14.2)

 

Household income

   

<  0.001

 Very low

3748 (6.7)

1862(6.8)

1886 (6.6)

 

 Low

18,080 (32.4)

8784 (32.1)

9296 (32.8)

 

 Medium

29,527 (53.0)

14,355 (52.5)

15,172 (53.5)

 

 High

4187 (7.5)

2252 (8.2)

1935 (6.8)

 

 Very high

184 (0.3)

91 (0.3)

93 (0.3)

 
  1. Note: SD standard deviation