Research Article
High Prevalence of Overweight/Obesity in Urban Sri Lanka: Findings from the Colombo Urban Study
Table 4
Prevalence (95% confidence interval) of abdominal obesity.
| | Normal | Abdominal obesity |
| Both sexes () | | | All age groups | 41.9 (36.0–46.8) | 58.1 (53.1–62.9) | 18-40 | 46.8 (37.7–60.0) | 53.2 (44.0–62.3) | 41-60 | 38.4 (32.0–44.9) | 61.6 (55.1–70.3) | 60 > | 37.1 (29.7–44.4) | 62.9 (55.6–70.3) | Males () | | | All age groups | 60.3 (41.4–69.0) | 40.0 (31.0–48.6) | 18-40 | 58.3 (42.5–74.2) | 41.7 (25.8–57.5) | 41-60 | 57.6 (45.5–70.0) | 42.4 (30.2–54.5) | 60 > | 70.8 (58.9–82.8) | 29.2 (17.2–41.1) | Females () | | | All age groups | 33.6 (27.8–39.4) | 66.4 (60.6–72.2) | 18-40 | 41.3 (30.4–52.3) | 58.7 (48.0–69.6) | 41-60 | 30.6 (23.3–37.8) | 69.4 (62.2–76.7) | 60 > | 20.0 (12.5–27.5) | 80.0 (72.5–87.5) |
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