Distribution of environmental and socio-demographic factors among 35–70 years Tunisian adults, by gender (n = 5343).

1<p>Number of subjects.</p>2<p>Weighted proportions (accounting for unequal probabilities of selection and differential response rates).</p>3<p>Null hypothesis of identical distribution in women vs. men (P-value adjusted for sampling design).</p

Abdominal adiposity: Waist for Height Ratio polytomous contrasts among Tunisian 35–70 years adults by area and socio-demographic variables (n = 4963).

<p>1- RPR: within category of environmental or socio-demographic variable, Women vs. Men crude or adjusted Relative Prevalence Proportion Ratio of 0.5≤ Waist to Height Ratio <0.6 vs. Waist to Height Ratio <0.5 2- RPR: within category of environmental or socio-demographic variable, Women vs. Men crude or adjusted Relative Prevalence Proportion Ratio of Waist to Height Ratio ≥0.6 vs. Waist to Height Ratio <0.5 3- Adjusted for age, marital status, level of education, profession, household economic proxy: multivariate model including all main effects and interactions with gender. 4- Crude or adjusted P-value for gender x variable interaction: null hypothesis of identical gender contrasts (Women vs. Men Relative Prevalence Proportion Ratio) in all categories of environmental or socio-demographic variable.</p

Anthropometric characteristics of 35–70 years Tunisian adults by gender (n = 5343).

1<p>Mean for interval variables, prevalence proportion for binary variables (weighted estimates accounting for unequal probabilities of selection and differential response rates).</p>2<p>Standar error of estimates taking into account sampling design.</p>3<p>Women vs Men difference of means for interval variables, Women vs. Men Prevalence Proportion Odds-Ratio (OR) for binary variables.</p>4<p>P = 0.95 confidence interval adjusted for sampling design.</p>5<p>P-value for Women vs. Men contrast.</p>6<p>Waist circumference ≥94 cm for men, ≥80 cm for women.</p>7<p>Waist circumference ≥102 cm for men, ≥88 cm for women.</p

Overall and abdominal obesity gender contrasts among tunisian 35–70 years adults by area and socio-demographic variables (complete case analysis, n = 4963).

1<p>Weighted prevalence proportions of obesity (accounting for unequal probabilities of selection and differential response rates).</p>2<p>Adjusted for age, marital status, level of education, profession, household economic proxy : multivariate model including all main effects and interactions with gender.</p>3<p>OR: Crude or adjusted Women vs. Men prevalence proportion odds-ratio within category of socio-demographic variable.</p>4<p>OR 0.95 confidence interval.</p>5<p>Crude or adjusted P-value for gender x variable interaction : null hypothesis of identical gender contrasts (OR) in all categories of socio-demographic variable.</p

Overall adiposity : overweight and obesity gender contrasts among Tunisian 35–70 years adults by area and socio-demographic variables (n = 4963).

<p>1- RPR: within category of environmental or socio-demographic variable, Women vs. Men crude or adjusted Relative Prevalence Proportion Ratio of 25≤ Body Mass Index <30 vs. Body Mass Index <25. 2- RPR: within category of environmental or socio-demographic variable, Women vs. Men crude or adjusted Relative Prevalence Proportion Ratio of Body Mass Index ≥30 vs. Body Mass Index <25. 3- Adjusted for age, marital status, level of education, profession, household economic proxy: multivariate model including all main effects and interactions with gender. 4- Crude or adjusted P-value for gender x variable interaction: null hypothesis of identical gender contrasts (Women vs. Men Relative Prevalence Proportion Ratio) in all categories of environmental or socio-demographic variable.</p

Association between the household welfare index and Body Mass Index among 35–70 year old Algerian and Tunisian adults, by gender.

<p>Association between quintiles of the asset-based household welfare index and Body Mass Index among Algerian and Tunisian adults, by gender. Comparison of unadjusted or adjusted (for age, marital status, education, and profession) BMI means by general linear models taking into account sampling design: P-value for null hypothesis of no difference in unadjusted or adjusted BMI means between quintiles of household welfare. Trends interpolated by quadratic fit. Complete case analysis (Algeria women: n = 2678, men: n = 1944, Tunisia women: n = 2725, men: n = 2238).</p

Urban vs. rural contrasts of overall and abdominal adiposity among Algerian and Tunisian 35–70 year old adults, by gender.

<p>Urban vs. rural prevalence proportion odd-ratios weighted estimates for overall and abdominal adiposity, by gender and country (Women Algeria: urban n = 1735, rural: n = 1007; women Tunisia: urban n = 1638, rural: n = 1326; men Algeria: urban n = 1185, rural: n = 819; men Tunisia: urban n = 1423, rural: n = 956). BMI: Body Mass Index in kg/m², WHtR: Waist (cm) to Height (cm) Ratio. C.I.: 0.95 confidence interval adjusted for sampling design.</p

Association of obesity with socio-economic factors, among 35–70 year old Algerians and Tunisians, by gender.

a<p>Adjusted for age, marital status, education, profession and household welfare index.</p>b<p>Weighted proportion of obesity in each category.</p>c<p>Prevalence Odds-Ratio vs. reference category.</p>d<p>0.95 design based confidence interval.</p>e<p>Complete-case analysis.</p>f<p>Asset-based household welfare index: increasing welfare from 1^st to 5^th quintile.</p

Area of residence and socio-economic factors among 35–70 year old Algerian and Tunisian adults, by gender.

a<p>Weighted proportions.</p>b<p>Null hypothesis of identical distribution in women vs. men (P-value adjusted for sampling design).</p>c<p>Asset-based household welfare index: increasing welfare from 1^st to 5^th quintile.</p

Gender contrasts of overall and abdominal adiposity among Algerian and Tunisian 35–70 year old adults.

<p>Women vs. men prevalence proportion odd-ratios weighted estimates for overall and abdominal adiposity, by country (Algeria women: n = 2742, men: n = 2004; Tunisia women: n = 2964, men: n = 2379). BMI: Body Mass Index in kg/m², WHtR: Waist (cm) to Height (cm) Ratio. C.I.: 0.95 confidence interval adjusted for sampling design.</p