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Table 2 Overweight prevalence by period and cohort among adults in China, CGSS2008–2015

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

Cohort

Period

2008

2010

2011

2012

2013

2015

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Men

 Pre-1929

12

41.7

92

20.7

45

22.2

82

14.6

52

13.5

47

17.0

 1930-

36

19.4

174

25.9

61

26.2

151

23.2

135

27.4

123

28.5

 1935-

63

42.9

246

28.0

108

19.4

276

24.6

217

18.4

178

20.8

 1940-

178

32.6

314

27.7

154

28.6

377

26.8

280

25.4

273

28.9

 1945-

224

34.4

444

30.0

197

32.5

483

29.0

407

28.3

408

32.6

 1950-

286

34.3

564

30.9

260

36.5

647

32.5

554

33.4

520

35.6

 1955-

270

29.3

582

36.4

277

36.1

548

34.9

506

35.0

501

32.3

 1960-

340

33.8

609

38.8

271

40.2

670

38.8

559

38.1

482

36.9

 1965-

360

39.7

635

41.6

246

36.6

652

37.7

533

34.0

528

43.8

 1970-

348

36.5

653

38.9

278

43.9

644

40.4

587

41.1

471

43.3

 1975-

257

35.8

415

41.0

188

42.6

429

38.0

430

36.7

381

41.2

 1980-

272

20.2

399

32.8

170

41.8

403

35.7

368

35.6

316

44.0

 1985-

201

13.9

333

23.7

173

24.9

349

28.9

375

28.3

349

30.4

 1990-

28

17.9

159

10.7

90

15.6

249

14.9

332

16.9

460

21.5

 Total

2875

31.9

5619

33.6

2518

34.9

5960

33.0

5335

32.2

5037

34.8

Women

 Pre-1929

15

26.7

74

28.4

43

14.0

83

22.9

56

19.6

60

13.3

 1930-

22

31.8

157

31.8

70

28.6

151

18.5

105

21.9

123

35.0

 1935-

52

50.0

213

31.9

124

29.8

202

26.2

191

27.7

205

31.7

 1940-

150

44.7

286

31.5

153

34.6

277

33.6

297

34.7

276

31.2

 1945-

223

39.9

432

35.2

218

35.8

380

32.9

312

34.6

432

35.0

 1950-

276

42.8

557

35.5

272

35.7

553

40.0

514

37.0

541

39.2

 1955-

314

33.1

583

35.3

297

40.1

515

40.8

476

39.1

516

36.8

 1960-

338

33.4

690

36.1

318

35.2

549

36.4

514

34.6

533

37.3

 1965-

399

27.6

732

31.0

329

29.5

618

32.7

535

34.2

701

31.0

 1970-

438

21.9

714

26.1

370

27.6

652

24.8

570

27.4

556

32.6

 1975-

301

16.9

528

19.9

225

20.9

476

21.2

471

25.9

446

21.1

 1980-

278

10.8

443

13.8

222

20.3

470

20.4

463

17.3

366

18.6

 1985-

242

5.4

400

7.3

205

11.7

383

12.0

358

12.0

409

18.6

 1990-

31

3.2

162

4.3

107

1.9

287

5.6

301

7.3

456

9.0

 Total

3079

26.9

5971

27.6

2953

28.4

5596

28.1

5163

28.2

5620

29.0