Population Health Metrics

Table 4 Trend in general obesity and central obesity inequality (Gini index) by gender, age, race, marital status, and education: 2001–2010

From: Inequality of weight status in urban Cuba: 2001–2010

Subgroup			General obesity			Central obesity
Subgroup			2001	2010	Differences	2001	2010	Differences
Gender		Female	0.1112	0.1154	0.0042**	0.0853	0.0869	0.0017
Gender		Male	0.0959	0.1017	0.0058***	0.0786	0.0810	0.0024*
Age	Female	18–39	0.1062	0.1119	0.0057*	0.0791	0.0821	0.0030
		40–59	0.1092	0.1118	0.0026	0.0805	0.0837	0.0032
		60+	0.1139	0.1140	0.0001	0.0851	0.0815	− 0.0036
	Male	18–39	0.0935	0.0978	0.0043	0.0752	0.0792	0.0040*
		40–59	0.0970	0.1013	0.0043	0.0783	0.0758	− 0.0025
		60+	0.0977	0.1031	0.0054	0.0779	0.0807	0.0028
Race	Female	White	0.1104	0.1152	0.0048**	0.0859	0.0872	0.0013
		Mulatto	0.1116	0.1164	0.0048	0.0837	0.0844	0.0008
		Black	0.1148	0.1132	− 0.0016	0.0842	0.0896	0.0054
	Male	White	0.0960	0.1006	0.0047**	0.0792	0.0809	0.0017
		Mulatto	0.0951	0.1029	0.0078*	0.0766	0.0806	0.0040
		Black	0.0953	0.1046	0.0093*	0.0737	0.0788	0.0051
Marital status	Female	Single	0.1056	0.1126	0.0070	0.0820	0.0877	0.0057*
		Married/living together	0.1098	0.1145	0.0047*	0.0846	0.0866	0.0020
		Widowed/separated/divorced	0.1131	0.1147	0.0016	0.0850	0.0822	− 0.0027
	Male	Single	0.0975	0.1014	0.0039	0.0733	0.0769	0.0035
		Married/living together	0.0932	0.0989	0.0057**	0.0774	0.0780	0.0006
		Widowed/separated/divorced	0.0960	0.0938	− 0.0021	0.0784	0.0742	− 0.0042
Education	Female	Low	0.1180	0.1185	0.0005	0.0882	0.0873	− 0.0009
		Middle	0.1091	0.1180	0.0089**	0.0844	0.0889	0.0045**
		High	0.1064	0.1107	0.0042	0.0801	0.0829	0.0027
	Male	Low	0.0997	0.1047	0.0050	0.0799	0.0789	− 0.0010
		Middle	0.0951	0.1006	0.0055*	0.0766	0.0817	0.0051***
		High	0.0930	0.1008	0.0078**	0.0800	0.0805	0.0005

^*, ^** and ^*** indicate p < 0.1, p < 0.05 and p < 0.01, respectively, in a t test for differences between the inequality measures at two different time points

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