Table 1

Summary characteristics of study participants

CharacteristicsValues
Number of individuals aged 30 years and over (N)462 805
Number with missing height and weight measurement (N)49 844
Final analytical sample (N)412 921
Number of countries by geographic region (N)
 High-income23
 Latin America and Caribbean8
 Sub-Saharan Africa13
 North Africa and Middle East3
 South Asia2
 Southeast-East Asia and Oceania7
 Central-Eastern Europe and Central Asia14
GDP (mean)23 571
BMI groups (%)
 Non-obese (BMI <30 kg/m2)81.58
 Obese (BMI ≥30 kg/m2)18.42
Education (%)
 No education14.25
 Primary education22.26
 Secondary education42.22
 Tertiary education21.28
Age groups, years (%)
 30–3914.90
 40–4913.59
 50–5925.04
 60–6922.83
 70–7916.13
 >807.51
Gender (%)
 Men43.68
 Women56.32
Survey year (%)
 2003–200544.17
 2006–200928.02
 2010–201327.80

  • BMI, body mass index; GDP, gross domestic product.