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)