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Table 1 Prevalence of metabolic health in 2009 according to degreee of obesity in ages 25 to 74 years

From: Improved metabolic health among the obese in six population surveys 1986 to 2009: the Northern Sweden MONICA study

Degree of obesity

Prevalence (%) of metabolic health (95% CI)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Adjusting for age and sex

Adjusting for age, sex, smoking, education and physical activity

Obesity according to BMI

    

Normal weight

34.6

Reference category

Reference category

Reference category

(n = 694)

(31; 38)

   

Overweight

17.5

0.40

0.54

0.52

(n = 651)

(15; 21)

(0.31; 0.52)

(0.41; 0.72)

(0.39; 0.70)

Obesity

19.8

0.47

0.59

0.60

(n = 359)

(16; 24)

(0.34; 0.62)

(0.43; 0.82)

(0.43; 0.84)

Obesity according to waist circumference

    

No abdominal obesity

35.1

Reference category

Reference category

Reference category

(n = 930)

(32; 39)

   

Abdominal obesity

16.5

0.36

0.52

0.52

(n = 774)

(14; 19)

(0.29; 0.46)

(0.41: 0.67)

(0.40; 0.67)

  1. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI). P values for all comparisons <0.001.