Global and National Socioeconomic Disparities in Obesity, Overweight, and Underweight Status

Table 1

Characteristics of WHS body mass index (BMI) sample, by country and in total, WHS, 2002-2003.

Country	Initial sample size	Number missing height or weight information	Number excluded based on BMI (<11.3 or >61.2 kg/m^2)	Number missing socio-demographic information	Final sample size	% males	Mean age	% Urban
Bangladesh	5942	5071	61	7	803	86.1%	35.3	52.6%
Bosnia-Herzegovina	1031	17	16	3	995	41.5%	46.9	42.2%
Brazil	5000	587	108	158	4147	46.3%	41.1	83.7%
Burkina Faso	4948	3215	23	40	1670	51.7%	34.0	44.9%
Chad	4875	1393	126	184	3172	50.3%	36.6	24.9%
China	3994	6	107	35	3846	50.1%	44.7	39.8%
Comoros	1836	103	29	82	1622	45.5%	42.0	29.7%
Congo	3077	863	68	85	2061	47.7%	36.1	80.7%
Côte d'Ivoire	3251	381	75	144	2651	60.0%	35.2	60.2%
Croatia	993	24	20	38	911	40.2%	52.4	66.0%
Czech Republic	949	46	32	18	853	43.4%	47.7	71.6%
Dominican Republic	5027	1907	93	47	2980	50.8%	40.4	57.8%
Ecuador	5677	1569	216	396	3496	45.8%	40.8	68.1%
Estonia	1021	23	32	11	955	35.3%	49.6	66.2%
Ethiopia	5090	4119	16	36	919	71.9%	31.6	26.6%
Georgia	2950	213	49	109	2579	42.3%	48.5	43.9%
Ghana	4165	461	170	224	3310	46.2%	40.5	38.3%
Guatemala	4890	1735	85	201	2869	46.8%	39.2	44.4%
Hungary	1419	30	54	36	1299	40.5%	49.4	61.0%
India	10692	1322	1771	293	7306	55.9%	39.1	30.3%
Kazakhstan	4499	231	56	26	4186	34.9%	41.5	58.6%
Kenya	4640	342	159	119	4020	43.6%	37.3	31.6%
Laos	4989	109	528	816	3536	50.7%	37.7	30.1%
Latvia	929	196	16	3	714	34.5%	49.3	70.6%
Malawi	5551	309	173	214	4855	43.0%	35.8	15.5%
Malaysia	6145	1136	253	210	4546	48.7%	39.9	63.4%
Mali	5209	4791	19	73	326	88.0%	39.4	40.5%
Mauritania	3907	643	238	440	2586	38.8%	39.0	40.3%
Mauritius	3968	1387	118	40	2423	62.7%	41.1	48.7%
Mexico	38746	15345	508	225	22668	42.5%	41.2	71.3%
Morocco	5000	2961	36	281	1722	67.4%	38.7	62.5%
Myanmar	6045	166	335	5	5539	45.4%	40.8	24.6%
Namibia	4379	573	168	187	3451	40.8%	37.8	48.1%
Nepal	8822	5629	328	257	2608	68.4%	35.0	21.1%
Pakistan	6502	3050	310	307	2835	64.8%	37.0	41.2%
Paraguay	5288	653	90	40	4505	49.1%	39.8	47.8%
Philippines	10083	1896	591	39	7557	51.3%	38.3	60.0%
Russia	4427	944	43	67	3373	35.7%	49.0	92.5%
Senegal	3465	1794	55	345	1271	59.9%	37.9	59.7%
Slovakia	2535	758	37	90	1650	33.3%	37.3	90.8%
Slovenia	687	119	10	8	550	46.2%	47.2	—
South Africa	2629	1033	258	82	1256	51.4%	37.3	62.3%
Spain	6373	257	71	81	5964	41.3%	52.3	72.1%
Sri Lanka	6805	1066	962	116	4661	53.4%	40.9	16.3%
Swaziland	3121	1269	141	130	1581	44.4%	37.5	24.3%
Tunisia	5203	988	51	47	4117	50.9%	40.6	65.3%
Turkey	11481	3314	124	2	8041	51.4%	40.6	50.5%
Ukraine	2860	170	55	448	2187	36.2%	47.0	78.0%
United Arab Emirates	1183	39	41	19	1084	52.0%	37.2	76.8%
Uruguay	2996	46	70	33	2847	48.0%	45.8	83.4%
Vietnam	4174	692	469	18	2995	50.8%	39.4	22.9%
Zambia	4166	1922	61	44	2139	47.5%	35.3	39.2%
Zimbabwe	4292	1755	71	78	2388	42.0%	35.4	41.5%
Total	267926	78668	9596	7037	172625	49.4%	40.8	51.6%