High Prevalence of Overweight/Obesity in Urban Sri Lanka: Findings from the Colombo Urban Study

Table 3

Prevalence (95% confidence interval) of the degree of generalized obesity.

	Obesity class 1	Obesity class 2	Obesity class 3
Both sexes ()
All age groups	36.9 (32.2–41.8)	13.8 (10.4–17.2)	1.9 (0.7–3.2)
18-40	38.9 (30.1–47.8)	11.5 (5.7–17.3)	0.1 (0.0–0.2)
41-60	34.8 (28.5–41.1)	20.0 (14.8–25.4)	3.4 (1.1–5.8)
60 >	36.8 (29.5–44.1)	4.8 (1.5–8.1)	1.3 (0.0–3.1)
Males ()
All age groups	36.6 (28.0–45.3)	6.1 (1.4–10.7)	1.8 (0.0–3.9)
18-40	36.1 (20.6–51.5)	8.3 (0.0–17.2)	0.0 (0.0–0.0)
41-60	37.9 (25.9–49.9)	5.1 (0.0–10.6)	5.1 (0.0–10.6)
60 >	35.4 (22.8–47.9)	2.1 (0.0–5.8)	0.0 (0.0–0.0)
Females ()
All age groups	37.1 (31.3–42.3)	17.2 (12.9–21.6)	2.0 (0.1–0.3)
18-40	40.3 (29.4–51.0)	12.9 (5.5–20.3)	1.3 (0.0–3.7)
41-60	33.6 (26.2–40.9)	26.1 (18.2–32.8)	2.7 (0.1–5.2)
60 >	37.5 (28.5–46.5)	6.2 (1.7–10.7)	2.1 (0.0–4.7)