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 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

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

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

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