title: BMI among Timorese aged ≥ 40 years.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the distribution and sociodemographic associations of BMI (kg/m2) among adults aged ≥40 years living in Timor-Leste.
  
  
  METHODS
  BMI was calculated for participants of a population-based cross-sectional survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Urban and rural Timor-Leste.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adults aged ≥40 years living in Timor-Leste.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of those enumerated, 2014 participated (89·5 %). Male gender, rural domicile, older age, illiteracy and source of household income were associated with BMI < 18·5 kg/m2 on multivariate analysis. Female gender, urban domicile and literacy were associated with BMI ≥25·0 and ≥30·0 kg/m2. Adjusting for gender, age and domicile, and extrapolating to those aged ≥40 years across Timor-Leste, 9·9 %, 36·0 %, 6·6 % and 0·8 % had BMI <16·0, <18·5, ≥25·0 and ≥30·0 kg/m2, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  At this time, being 'underweight' or 'severely thin' is more prevalent in the Timorese adult population than being 'overweight' or 'obese'.
authors.affiliation: The Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand. jramke@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramke
authors.forename: Garry
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brian
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004522:Educational Status; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D050177:Overweight; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors; D013851:Thinness / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014505:Urban Population