Prevalence and Trends of Adult Obesity in the US, 1999–2012
Table 3
Estimated annual change in the odds of the prevalence of overweight and obesity combined (), obesity (), grades 2 and 3 obesity combined (), and grade 3 obesity () among U.S. adults aged 20 years and older using piecewise logistic regressions: NHANES 1999-2000 to 2011-2012.
All races/ethnicities
Non-Hispanic White
Non-Hispanic African American
Hispanic
BMI ≥ 25
Both genders
1.020** (1.006–1.034)
0.972 (0.892–1.060)
1.021* (1.002–1.040)
0.981 (0.884–1.089)
1.032*** (1.015–1.049)
0.953 (0.849–1.069)
1.035** (1.011–1.059)
0.963 (0.845–1.098)
Male
1.030** (1.012–1.049)
0.902 (0.814–1.000)
1.029* (1.005–1.053)
0.905 (0.796–1.029)
1.041*** (1.021–1.063)
0.899 (0.794–1.018)
1.055** (1.022–1.089)
0.894 (0.732–1.092)
Female
1.012 (0.995–1.029)
1.033 (0.939–1.136)
1.016 (0.992–1.040)
1.042 (0.920–1.179)
1.020 (0.992–1.049)
1.021 (0.867–1.201)
1.013 (0.984–1.043)
1.045 (0.908–1.203)
BMI ≥ 30
Both genders
1.027*** (1.013–1.040)
0.957 (0.889–1.030)
1.026** (1.009–1.043)
0.942 (0.855–1.039)
1.039** (1.017–1.061)
0.953 (0.857–1.060)
1.038** (1.014–1.061)
0.908 (0.822–1.002)
Male
1.040*** (1.022–1.058)
0.926 (0.847–1.013)
1.057*** (1.030–1.084)
0.892 (0.786–1.011)
1.060*** (1.028–1.093)
1.050 (0.903–1.221)
1.015 (0.995–1.034)
0.977 (0.847–1.127)
Female
1.015* (1.000–1.029)
0.986 (0.903–1.076)
1.027 (0.999–1.056)
1.001 (0.876–1.143)
1.019 (0.993–1.046)
1.007 (0.890–1.139)
1.026** (1.010–1.041)
0.942 (0.864–1.026)
BMI ≥ 35
Both genders
1.034** (1.009–1.060)
0.953 (0.839–1.083)
1.028* (1.006–1.051)
0.941 (0.853–1.039)
1.054*** (1.031–1.078)
0.959 (0.857–1.072)
1.033* (1.002–1.064)
0.930 (0.796–1.085)
Male
1.020* (1.004–1.037)
0.933 (0.851–1.024)
1.062** (1.022–1.103)
0.907 (0.760–1.084)
1.063** (1.023–1.105)
0.948 (0.787–1.141)
1.023* (1.001–1.046)
0.921 (0.797–1.063)
Female
1.027** (1.007–1.048)
0.923 (0.817–1.044)
1.009 (0.983–1.036)
0.970 (0.859–1.095)
1.054*** (1.029–1.080)
0.952 (0.840–1.080)
1.031** (1.010–1.053)
0.972 (0.858–1.101)
BMI ≥ 40
Both genders
1.031** (1.010–1.053)
0.972 (0.858–1.101)
1.034* (1.005–1.063)
0.950 (0.787–1.146)
1.045* (1.016–1.075)
0.928 (0.817–1.054)
1.066** (1.0165–1.118)
0.953 (0.801–1.132)
Male
1.038* (1.001–1.076)
0.958 (0.736–1.247)
1.034 (0.990–1.079)
0.912 (0.625–1.329)
1.088** (1.038–1.141)
0.876 (0.710–1.080)
1.092* (1.014–1.175)
0.892 (0.678–1.175)
Female
1.028* (1.005–1.051)
0.980 (0.873–1.100)
1.035* (1.003–1.068)
0.975 (0.818–1.162)
1.030 (0.996–1.065)
0.963 (0.822–1.129)
1.053* (1.003–1.105)
0.981 (0.811–1.186)
See (1) for model setup. Odds ratio and 95% confidence interval are reported. , , and .
